Question

What geographic difficulties do you think the Cherokee traveling the northern route, mostly on foot, might have faced?

Answer 1

they faced hunger disease and exhaustion

Answer 2

The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of 15,000 of the Cherokees died. This picture, The Trail of Tears, was painted by Robert Lindneux in 1942.