Oklahoma. The population transfer occurred in three migrations during the 1831–33 period including the devastating winter blizzard of 1830–31 and the cholera epidemic of 1832. About 2,500 died along the trail of tears. Approximately 5,000–6,000 Choctaws remained in Mississippi in 1831 after the initial removal efforts. For the next ten years they were objects of increasing legal conflict, harassment, and intimidation. The Choctaw remaining in Mississippi described their situation in 1849, "we have had our habitations torn down and burned, our fences destroyed, cattle turned into our fields and we ourselves have been scourged, manacled, fettered and otherwise personally abused, until by such treatment some of our best men have died." Racism was rampant. Joseph B. Cobb, who moved to Mississippi from Georgia, described the Choctaw as having "no nobility or virtue at all, and in some respect he found blacks, especially native Africans, more interesting and admirable, the red man's superior in every way. The Choctaw and Chickasaw, the tribes he knew best, were beneath contempt, that is, even worse than black slaves." The removals continued well into the early 20th century. In 1903, three hundred Mississippi Choctaws were persuaded to move to the Nation in Oklahoma. See also Trail of Tears Choctaw List of Choctaw Treaties Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek Perry Cohea Notes External links Remote Sensing Technology to Understanding the Choctaw Removals 1831 in the United States 1832 in the United States 1833 in the United States Choctaw Ethnic cleansing in the United States Forced migrations of Native Americans in the United States History of Mississippi Pre-statehood history of Oklahoma Trail of Tears Native American history of Mississippi Native American history of Alabama Native American history of Oklahoma