Trail of Tears

The Trail of Tears refers to the forced removal of the Cherokee American Indian tribe by the U.S. federal government, which resulted in the deaths of about 4,000 Cherokee Indians. In the Cherokee language, the event is called Nunna daul Tsuny—"the trail where they cried."

Notes

• {{note|Remini-257}} Remini p. 257, Prucha p. 212.
• {{note|Emerson}} Letter to President Van Buren, Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1838-04-23
• {{note|Prucha-241}} Prucha p. 241n58, Ehle pp. 390-92, Thornton p. 118.