On the morning of November 17th, we encountered a terrific sleet and snow storm with freezing temperatures, and from that day until we reached the end of the fateful journey on March the 27th, 1839, the sufferings of the Cherokee were awful. The trail of the exiles was a trail of death.
—Memoirs of Private John G. Burnett, December 1890
What is this event referring to?
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The Nulification Crisis
The Nulification Crisis
The Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears
The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail
The Mexican Cession