Question

Scott and his troops forced the Cherokee into stockades at bayonet point while whites looted their homes and belongings. Then, they marched the Indians more than 1,200 miles to Indian territory. _____________________________________________ _______________ were epidemic along the way, and historians estimate that more than ____________________________________________ as a result of the journey.

Answer 1

Whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, cholera and starvation

More Than 5000

Explanation:Scott and his troops forced the cherokee into stockades at bayonet point while whites looted their homes and belongings. Then, they marched the Indians more than 1,200 miles to Indian territory.

Whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, cholera and starvation were epidemic along the way, and historians estimate that more than 5000 died as the result of the journey