Living in the Land of Death : the Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860.

Living in the Land of Death : the Choctaw Nation, 1830-1860.

With the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Choctaw people began their journey over the Trail of Tears from their homelands in Mississippi to the new lands of the Choctaw Nation. Suffering a death rate of nearly 20 percent due to exposure, disease, mismanagement, and fraud, they limped into Indian Terr...

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Main Author: Akers, Donna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2004.
Series:American Indian studies.
Subjects:
Jackson, Andrew, > 1767-1845 > Relations with Choctaw Indians.
United States. > Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Choctaw Indians > Relocation.
Choctaw Indians > Social conditions.
Indians, Treatment of > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Indians of North America > Government relations > 1789-1869.
United States > Politics and government > 19th century.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
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