Treaty of New Echota
treaty with the Cherokee Nation, 1835
The Treaty of New Echota (7 Stat. 488) was a treaty signed on December 29, 1835, in New Echota, Georgia by officials of the United States government and representatives of a minority Cherokee faction, the Treaty Party.[1]
The treaty of New Echota essentially made the Indians move out of the southeast United States and into Indian Territory. This move was called the Trail of Tears.
References
change- ↑ Starr, Emmet 1967. History of the Cherokee Indians. Fayetteville: Indian Heritage Assn., p. 86
