“Despite the hardships of the journeys, the people of the five tribes of the Southeast established new lives in the West. Thousands died during the ordeal – remembered today as the Trail of Tears.” Rather than risk disease and other hazards of summer travel, many groups left in the fall and aced, instead, treacherous winter weather. They traveled over established land and water routes, all of which led through Arkansas. The summer heat and disease took a huge toll on the Cherokee and their leaders persuaded General Winfield Scott to delay the rest of the removal until autumn. “After passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the United States Government forced tens of thousands of American Indians to leave their ancestral lands in the southeast for new homes in Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). In June of that same year the first Cherokees left these ‘detention camps’ for the Indian Territory and were loaded onto flatboats to cross rivers. The interpretive sign's text reads as follows: It does not have anything to do with the Battle of Pea Ridge, but is historically significant for the area.ĭescription: The Wire Road was the route traveled when the United States of America forced the relocation of thousands of Native Americans during the winter of 1838/1839. Some were created by participants some by relatives of participants. Click on the dates at the bottom of the map to bring up each document.
Each point represents the approximate location of and year in which a description of the Cherokee removal was created. I have included it to minimize the confusion with the park's tour stop numbering scheme. This mass migration was called by one of the participants The Trail of Tears, the name under which this genocide has remained known to this day. Points along the Trail of Tears are marked on the map. Trail of Tears Pea Ridge NMP Tour Stop #1ĭirections: This is the first tour stop along the park's Auto Tour. Search and read both Trail of Tears roll’s, which provide an early glimpse into the Cherokee participants who were forced west in the early 1830’s. Disastrous Retreat Down Huntsville Road Who participated in the Trail of Tears The Five Civilized Nations comprised of the Seminole, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Cherokee were involved in the Trail of Tears.Elbert's 1st Missouri Flying Artillery Battery The Cherokee Trail of Tears was an event that took place in America during the 1830s.Pea Ridge National Military Park Visitor Center.Historical Marker – Curtis Headquarters.Federal Entrenchments at Little Sugar Creek.
The Federal Pursuit of General Sterling Price.
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