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the individuals in this group were not official ambassadors of the cherokee nation, and therefore in the eyes of the nation this agreement was not valid. but, the us government considered it legal and now owned the land and could remove anyone they wanted. in 1838 the removal of the native americans began. what did the u.s. army do to the cherokee indians?
The U.S. Army enforced the removal of the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral lands starting in 1838, following the U.S. government's acceptance of an unrecognized treaty. This forced relocation, known as the Trail of Tears, involved rounding up Cherokee people and forcing them to march to designated Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), resulting in thousands of deaths from hunger, disease, and exposure.
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In 1838, the U.S. Army forcibly removed the Cherokee Indians from their lands, forcing them on a deadly westward march later called the Trail of Tears, which killed thousands due to harsh conditions, after the U.S. government claimed a disputed land cession agreement was valid.