Grant Foreman discusses the tragic events that occurred during the Cherokee’s travel to Indian Territory in the 1830s. Grant Foreman argues that diseases were the main struggle for the Cherokee Tribe. In Grant Foreman’s Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Grant states that the Cherokee Indians “had suffered much from disease and several deaths had occurred among them” (Foreman, 256). Measles and cholera were the main diseases that affected the Cherokee population. The Cherokee even lost many of their children from cholera during their travel. Grant Foreman explains how heartbroken the parents were after losing their children from cholera during their travel. Foreman says “Parents were turning with
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Cherokee Tragedy: The Story of the Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1986. Thurman Wikins discusses how the Cherokee Indians traveled during the Trail of Tears period and what their conditions were like. Thurman Wikins argues that several of the Cherokee Indians traveled by boat to get to the Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears period. Wikins describes the boat travel as less exhausting and less dangerous for the Cherokee Indians during the removal. According to Thurman Wikins’ Cherokee Tragedy: The Story of the Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People, “Experience indicated that water travel was less exhausting, less hazardous to life, than the overland route…” (Wikins, 317). Thurman Wikins also makes the claim that several Cherokee Indians for some reason preferred to travel the overland route instead of traveling by boat to get to the Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears. According to Thurman Wikins, “Most Cherokees felt a prejudice against water travel, however, and requested the overload route, if they made any choice at all” (Wikins, 317). Based on the information gathered from Thurman Wikins’ Cherokee Tragedy: The Story of the Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People, it is clear that Thurman Wikins used several authors as a source while creating his book. Grant Foreman is an example of one of the authors Thurman Wikins possibly used for his research. Grant Foreman’s Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians also discussed how the Cherokee Indians used boat travel and overland travel to get to the Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears
Cherokee Tragedy: The Story of the Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press 1986. Thurman Wikins discusses how the Cherokee Indians traveled during the Trail of Tears period and what their conditions were like. Thurman Wikins argues that several of the Cherokee Indians traveled by boat to get to the Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears period. Wikins describes the boat travel as less exhausting and less dangerous for the Cherokee Indians during the removal. According to Thurman Wikins’ Cherokee Tragedy: The Story of the Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People, “Experience indicated that water travel was less exhausting, less hazardous to life, than the overland route…” (Wikins, 317). Thurman Wikins also makes the claim that several Cherokee Indians for some reason preferred to travel the overland route instead of traveling by boat to get to the Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears. According to Thurman Wikins, “Most Cherokees felt a prejudice against water travel, however, and requested the overload route, if they made any choice at all” (Wikins, 317). Based on the information gathered from Thurman Wikins’ Cherokee Tragedy: The Story of the Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People, it is clear that Thurman Wikins used several authors as a source while creating his book. Grant Foreman is an example of one of the authors Thurman Wikins possibly used for his research. Grant Foreman’s Indian Removal: The Emigration of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians also discussed how the Cherokee Indians used boat travel and overland travel to get to the Indian Territory during the Trail of Tears