t to be the cause of the 4,000 people who died on the trip there.
By the time 1840 came just about maybe over ten thousands of people left their southeaster lands which were their forever homes all the way across the Mississippi river for the Indian territory. The federal government thought their new land which was the Natives lands would remain peacefully for the whites. What they didn't know was the upcoming event. In 1907, Oklahoma became a state and the Indian Territory ended at last.
(BELOW IS THE MAP OF THE WAY)