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Many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease and starvation on route to their destinations. Many died, including 4,000 of the 13,000 relocated Cherokee, intermarried and accompanying European-Americans, and the 2,000 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American African-American] free blacks and slaves owned by the Cherokee they took with them. European Americans and African American freedmen and slaves also participated in the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek and Seminole forced relocations. | Many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease and starvation on route to their destinations. Many died, including 4,000 of the 13,000 relocated Cherokee, intermarried and accompanying European-Americans, and the 2,000 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American African-American] free blacks and slaves owned by the Cherokee they took with them. European Americans and African American freedmen and slaves also participated in the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee Creek and Seminole forced relocations. | ||
In 1831, the Cherokee, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw Chickasaw], Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Seminole (sometimes collectively referred to as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Civilized_Tribes Five Civilized Tribes]) were living as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous#Politics autonomous] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation nations] in what would be called the American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_South Deep South]. The process of cultural transformation (proposed by [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/George_Washington George Washington] <span style="font-size:13px;">and </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Knox Henry Knox]<span style="font-size:13px;">) was gaining momentum, especially among the Cherokee and Choctaw. </span><span style="font-size:13px;"> | In 1831, the Cherokee, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw Chickasaw], Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, and Seminole (sometimes collectively referred to as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Civilized_Tribes Five Civilized Tribes]) were living as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous#Politics autonomous] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation nations] in what would be called the American [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_South Deep South]. The process of cultural transformation (proposed by [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/George_Washington George Washington] <span style="font-size:13px;">and </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Knox Henry Knox]<span style="font-size:13px;">) was gaining momentum, especially among the Cherokee and Choctaw. </span><span style="font-size:13px;"> US President </span>[http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Andrew_Jackson Andrew Jackson]<span style="font-size:13px;"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;">continued and renewed the political and military effort for the removal of the Native Americans from these lands with the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.</span> | ||
In 1831 the Choctaw were the first to be removed, and they became the model for all other removals. After the Choctaw, the Seminole were removed in 1832, the Creek in 1834, then the Chickasaw in 1837, and finally the Cherokee in 1838.After removal, some Native Americans remained in their ancient homelands - the Choctaw are found in Mississippi, the Seminole in Florida, the Creek in Alabama, and the Cherokee in North Carolina. A limited number of non-native Americans (including African-Americans - usually as slaves) also accompanied the Native American nations on the trek westward.By 1837, 46,000 Native Americans from these southeastern states had been removed from their homelands thereby opening 25 million acres (100,000 km<sup>2</sup>) for predominantly white settlement<sup>.</sup> | In 1831 the Choctaw were the first to be removed, and they became the model for all other removals. After the Choctaw, the Seminole were removed in 1832, the Creek in 1834, then the Chickasaw in 1837, and finally the Cherokee in 1838.After removal, some Native Americans remained in their ancient homelands - the Choctaw are found in Mississippi, the Seminole in Florida, the Creek in Alabama, and the Cherokee in North Carolina. A limited number of non-native Americans (including African-Americans - usually as slaves) also accompanied the Native American nations on the trek westward.By 1837, 46,000 Native Americans from these southeastern states had been removed from their homelands thereby opening 25 million acres (100,000 km<sup>2</sup>) for predominantly white settlement<sup>.</sup> | ||