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The Indian Removal Act was signed May 26, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. The Act initiated a policy of removal of American Indians tribes living east of the Mississippi River to land west of the river. | The Indian Removal Act was signed May 26, 1830 by President Andrew Jackson. The Act initiated a policy of removal of American Indians tribes living east of the Mississippi River to land west of the river. | ||
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| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/cho0310.htm Dancing Rabbit Creek] September 27, 1830 | '''Choctaw''' | ||
'''Chiefs''': Nitakechi, Mushulatubbe, Leflore, and George W. Hawkins<br> | |||
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[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/cho0310.htm Dancing Rabbit Creek] September 27, 1830 | |||
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'''Governemt Leaders over removal''':Col. ChildressCapt. J. B. Clark, Lt. Stephen Van Rensselaer Ryan, Capt. Jacob BrownGeorge S. Gaines, John H. Eaton, Wharton Rector, F.W. Armstrong, David Folsom,<br> | |||
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| 1831-1836 | | 1831-1836 | ||
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| When the tribe reached Little Rock the Choctaw chief stated to the ''Arkansas Gazette ''that the removal was a "trail of tears and death"<br> | | When the tribe reached Little Rock the Choctaw chief stated to the ''Arkansas Gazette ''that the removal was a "trail of tears and death"<br> | ||
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| Seminole | | '''Seminole''' | ||
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/sem0344.htm Payne's Landing] May 9,1832 | | [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/sem0344.htm Payne's Landing] May 9,1832 | ||
| 1832-1842 | | 1832-1842 | ||
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| Left Florida and crossed the Gulf of Mexico into New Orleans | | Left Florida and crossed the Gulf of Mexico into New Orleans | ||
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| Creek | | '''Creek''' | ||
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/cre0341.htm Cusseta] March 24,1832 | | [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/cre0341.htm Cusseta] March 24,1832 | ||
| 1834-1837 | | 1834-1837 | ||
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| Cherokee | | '''Cherokee''' | ||
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/che0439.htm New Echota] December 29,1835 | | [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/che0439.htm New Echota] December 29,1835 | ||
| 1836-1838 | | 1836-1838 | ||
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| Chickasaw | | '''Chickasaw''' | ||
| [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/chi0356.htm Pontotoc Creek] October 20, 1832 | | [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol2/treaties/chi0356.htm Pontotoc Creek] October 20, 1832 | ||
| 1837-1847 | | 1837-1847 | ||