Trail Of Tears Essay
The Trail of Tears began in 1838, this was an Indian movement covering 1,000 miles of travel forced by president Andrew Jackson. Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which granted unsettled lands in exchange for the Indian lands; therefore, Jackson made all of the Indians move towards the central south and west to be used a labor workers. Over 16,000 Indians were pushed out of their homes to go work for southerners. The Americans wanted the Indians to act more American and gain their beliefs and culture so they forced the culture on them, an example of how they did this is by making them change religions. The Indians were made of two different tribes, one being the Choctaw and the other Cherokee. Men, women, and children were forced along
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Food resources changed on each route. The food that was consumed on land varied from buffalo to plants. Alongside eating deer, buffalo, berries and roots, in the winter all that was available was a piece of cornbread and hot water. The travelers had to hunt their own food to keep from starvation; starvation was an enormous factor on the Trail of Tears. On the water route it was easier to have good sources of food since they are traveling the whole way in an confined river. Fish, clams, mussels, oysters, and lobsters were the most common foods. As well as on land during winters all that was available were the cornbread and hot water. Many diseases were caught among all the different types of foods consumed. This led to many of the deaths on the Trail of Tears. Smallpox, measles, influenza, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, and pneumonia were documented diseases that traveled and spread among the entire journey. Nothing could be done about the infecting diseases because there was no cure them and not many people even knew what the disease was. People had to fight through and suffer the pain until eventually they die. Diseases were mainly caught from eating raw meats, poisonous berries and plants, and airborne pathogens. Sanitation was horrible and nothing was processed so the rivers were most likely filled with human and animal
Food resources changed on each route. The food that was consumed on land varied from buffalo to plants. Alongside eating deer, buffalo, berries and roots, in the winter all that was available was a piece of cornbread and hot water. The travelers had to hunt their own food to keep from starvation; starvation was an enormous factor on the Trail of Tears. On the water route it was easier to have good sources of food since they are traveling the whole way in an confined river. Fish, clams, mussels, oysters, and lobsters were the most common foods. As well as on land during winters all that was available were the cornbread and hot water. Many diseases were caught among all the different types of foods consumed. This led to many of the deaths on the Trail of Tears. Smallpox, measles, influenza, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, and pneumonia were documented diseases that traveled and spread among the entire journey. Nothing could be done about the infecting diseases because there was no cure them and not many people even knew what the disease was. People had to fight through and suffer the pain until eventually they die. Diseases were mainly caught from eating raw meats, poisonous berries and plants, and airborne pathogens. Sanitation was horrible and nothing was processed so the rivers were most likely filled with human and animal