--- title: "3 Removal Cherokee Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 3 Removal Cherokee quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Removal Cherokee sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/howard-zinn-576_trail-of-tears_on-october-1-1838-the-first-detachment-s_168511.jpg" --- > [“On October 1, 1838, the first detachment set out in what was to be known as the Trail of Tears. As they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/on-october-1-1838-the-first-detachment-set-out-in-what-was-to-be/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/howard-zinn-576_trail-of-tears_on-october-1-1838-the-first-detachment-s_168511.jpg) > [It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-buren/it-affords-me-sincere-pleasure-to-be-able-to-apprise-you-of-the/) [Martin Van Buren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-buren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/martin-van-buren-14496_able_it-affords-me-sincere-pleasure-to-be-abl_1351408.png) > [“Grant Foreman, the leading authority on Indian removal, estimates that during confinement in the stockade or on the march westward four thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/grant-foreman-the-leading-authority-on-indian-removal-estimates-that/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/howard-zinn-576_leadership_grant-foreman-the-leading-authority-on-i_1995080.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/removal-cherokee/#itemlist", "name": "Removal Cherokee Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“On October 1, 1838, the first detachment set out in what was to be known as the Trail of Tears. 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