History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1397 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Choctaw and the Creek
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The idea
The Choctaw were removed first, in the winter of eighteen thirty-one, with deaths from malnutrition, exposure and a cholera epidemic.
In practice
The Creek removed in eighteen thirty-six, losing about three thousand five hundred of the tribe's fifteen thousand members.
Where people slip
This entry is witness-sourced. The anchor covers the Cherokee removal and does not detail these two.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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