Trail of Tears

"The Cherokee people were removed in what we know as the Trail of Tears, where 25 percent of their people never made it to the land distant from their homes that they were forced to go to, known as the Oklahoma Indian Territory," he said.

deseretnews.com - Top Stories 2009

You told me one day about what happened to the Cherokees, how they lost everything and ended up dying on a long journey you said was called the Trail of Tears.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

You told me one day about what happened to the Cherokees, how they lost everything and ended up dying on a long journey you said was called the Trail of Tears.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

You told me one day about what happened to the Cherokees, how they lost everything and ended up dying on a long journey you said was called the Trail of Tears.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

Their route, called the Trail of Tears because so many died, led them to Oklahoma, where descendants of the survivors live to this day.

Excerpts: 'Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View' Stephen Breyer 2010

Ten years later four thousand Cherokee would die heading for Oklahoma on what became known as the Trail of Tears.

American Connections James Burke 2007

President Martin Van Buren brutally enforced it in a way which resulted in what came to be known as the Trail of Tears because of the many deaths that occurred.

Assimilation Not Elimination-Part Three 2007

Ten years later four thousand Cherokee would die heading for Oklahoma on what became known as the Trail of Tears.

American Connections James Burke 2007

Perhaps the removal of the Cherokee to Oklahoma -- popularly known as the Trail of Tears -- might serve that purpose.

Things Vox Day learned from the Nazis 2006

He talked about how the government broke its promises to the Cherokees and how his grandfather made the horrifying march called the Trail of Tears.

Semiprecious D. Anne Love 2006