The Trail of Tears: John Ross

Dramatization of the events leading up to the Cherokee Nation's terror-filled journey from their Southeastern homeland to the Oklahoma Territory in 1838-39; the journey itself, on which thousands die; and the resulting inter-tribal conflict that divided the Cherokee people for decades. Dramatization of the events leading up to the Cherokee Nation's terror-filled journey from their Southeastern homeland to the Oklahoma Territory in 1838-39; the journey itself, on which thousands die; and the resulting inter-tribal conflict that divided the Cherokee people for decades. Dramatization of the events leading up to the Cherokee Nation's terror-filled journey from their Southeastern homeland to the Oklahoma Territory in 1838-39; the journey itself, on which thousands die; and the resulting inter-tribal conflict that divided the Cherokee people for decades. Dramatization of the events leading up to the Cherokee Nation's terror-filled journey from their Southeastern homeland to the Oklahoma Territory in 1838-39; the journey itself, on which thousands die; and the resulting inter-tribal conflict that divided the Cherokee people for decades.