From the time of Thomas Jefferson’s term as president the United States government was trying to encourage Indians to adapt to the ways of the white people living in the United States (Professor Fritz, Lecture 19). Many groups of Indians refused to …show more content…
A Georgia soldier who took part in the expulsion said, "I've seen loads blood and guts in my time, but the removal of the Cherokees was the hardest thing I ever did." Courtesy of Native American Foundation (LazerBeams.com). This was a very critical and heart wrenching time for the people involved and this picture says a million words about the way these people are feeling. There are children starving while sitting in the wagons freezing with nothing to do; women fighting for strength to keep going for their children, some walking with kids others on horseback; and men on the verge of breaking down to do anything to get their families to