User:Nedstark15/Drafts/Trail of tear chattanooga

The Trail of Tears was the act of removing Indians from their homelands from the states of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama , Kentucky, Virginia, Arkansas and Illinois. This action was put into place by the Indian removal act of 1830. The act was passed by congress on may 28th 1930 with a vote of 102-97 in favor of the act. Chattanooga, Tennessee was an area where the Trail of Tears crossed through the state making its way to Oklahoma. On noticeable point of interest on the route is Ross's Landing in Hamilton County. Over 2000 Cherokee Indians were held up at this location as a port before they were shipped out on three other routes as they were leaving their own homelands. Cherokee Indians were left with no choice and had to do what was made of them by the way of the law. The Cherokees had been know to be a polite group of people as long as no whiskey was involved. Men of the Cherokee were the only ones allowed to drink because of the affects it had on them as a group of people. Some of the Indians going through Ross's Landing were put on boats and sent out of town by way of the Tennessee River. Not all Indians got on boats as others were made to take Land routes through the area. One route that was used that ran up through Chattanooga to Soddy Daisy was called Taylor Route. Richard Taylor lead his group up through the route and then west across the river again and worked their way west on their journey. Cherokee have not forgot the land which the used to live on without issues. Chiefs Hicks talked at a ceremony in Chattanooga about his people land and how it would never be forgot. Hicks called it a Cherokee place.