Register of Cherokee Indians Who Have Emigrated to the West of the Mississippi
1834
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The register provides information on the names of heads of families of Cherokee Indians who emigrated in 1834, the dates of arrival, and statistics on the number and ages of family members. The names of family members are not cited.
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This register recorded census-like data on Cherokee Indian family groups. More than 70,000 members of the Cherokee, Seminole, Creek, Chickasaw, and Choctaw tribes were removed from their lands between Tennessee and Louisiana by the 1830 Indian Removal Act. They were relocated west of the Mississippi River. The Indians lost millions of acres of land, and more than 10,000 people died during the nearly 1,000-mile march.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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595556Full Citation: Register of Cherokee Indians Who Have Emigrated to the West of the Mississippi; 1834; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/register-of-cherokee-indians-who-have-emigrated-to-the-west-of-the-mississippi, May 4, 2024]