The influence of Civial Unrest in the Cherokee Nation West on East Texas
Wed, 07/06/2022 - 5:00am
In 1830 the Indian Removal Act squeezed through Congress. This act applied to the Five Southeastern tribes composed of Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole peoples. Following the American Revolution and War of 1812, white encroachments on tribal lands in the Southeast had resulted in gradual voluntary migrations of some native peoples west of the Mississippi. Yet the 1830 legislation required the separate tribes to begin treaty preparations for forced removal. And even though Texas was still a province of Mexico, repercussions over removal would soon be seen in Texas, particularly East and Northeast Texas. This brief essay focuses on Cherokee involvement.
