Treaty of New Echota
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.
Treaty Of New Echota Media
John Ridge (c. 1802 – June 22, 1839) by J. T. Bowen, lithographer after Henry Inman
Detail of memorial at New Echota
References
- ↑ Starr, Emmet 1967. History of the Cherokee Indians. Fayetteville: Indian Heritage Assn., p. 86
