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A very long time ago in a not so far away 

place, when the United States of America 

was still being formed, a famous leader 

named Andrew Jackson wrote a very 

important paper. This paper was going to 

separate the Americans and Native 

Americans from ever talking to each other 

again. This could only happen if both the 

Americans and the Native Americans agreed. 

The Americans offered 5 million dollars for the 

land the Native Americans owned because it was 

more usable.

When the paper was getting signed in the month of 

December, 1885, about 500 people showed up. On 

May 23, the next year, the paper won by only one vote.

It was because of this one vote that the Native 

Americans got kicked out of their homeland 

and were forced to move to land that was not as 

usable. This event was called The Trail of Tears 

because it was very sad for all the Native 

Americans. It was very bad because they only got 

to bring a few of their things with them. The Native 

American children could not bring any of their toys 

and only a few clothes.

They walked many miles and it took many 

months to get all the way to the other land. 

Many people got hurt and passed away. Most 

of the Native Americans did not understand 

what was happening and some never even found 

out. Lots of kids had no mom or dad and had 

aunts, uncles or other relatives take care of them. 

Some of the Native Americans only left because of 

the money, other Native Americans stayed to fight 

for the land they wanted back.

After many years, the land that the Native 

Americans moved to got smaller and smaller 

until there was almost nothing. Some of the 

American leaders even felt sorry for the Native 

Americans and their struggles. A lot of the Native 

Americans had walked the long journey barefoot 

and had no blankets.

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