209Logan

... Logan and Anna's Indian Removal Act ...

HUMAN HATRED Cherokees and Chickasaw  Pain is their soul   Tolerance from Choctaw   And tears from Seminole   The dirt path they walk   Each footprint a memory   It's a huge shock   Their bodies drop on the dirt cemetery   No smiles or cheer   As they leave their land   Their hearts filled with fear   Fate in Jackson's hand   On they walk down the path   Feeling the white man's wrath

=== `  Indians wearily trudging through the snow in the middle of winter. === === During the 1820's, more and more Europeans came over to settle in the United States. Because of population increase, Indian tribes such as Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Seminole were forced to move west. The Cherokees claimed that they had signed a treaty with Georgia that stated the federal government would protect their property. The Cherokees said Georgia did not have the right to take their land away. This dispute went to the Supreme Court where Chief Justice John Marshall allowed the Indians to keep their land, but Jackson refused to enforce this law, letting Georgia betray the contract. === === In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. This forced Indians to move west of the Mississippi River. This journey was known as the Trail of Tears. Though they didn't want to leave the land that had been theirs for years, they didn't have a choice on this "trail;" the Indians were like prisoners. The Indians trodded hundreds of miles in land they had never seen. They weren't given any time to gather their belongings, leaving them to march with tears in their eyes to a foreign land. ===

This is a map of the Indian tribe territories. The areas indicated in yellow are the Indian lands from which they are removed. Red area is the land to which the Indians are sent. The green is the U.S. territory. = = = = == This is the 7th U.S. President, Andrew Jackson. He chose to ignore John Marshall's Supreme Court ruling and forced the Indians off of American soil.