in her tribe's history. Removal In her last years Nanyehi repeatedly had a vision showing a "great line of our people marching on foot. Mothers with babies in their arms. Fathers with small children on their back. Grandmothers and Grandfathers with large bundles on their backs. They were marching West and the 'Unaka' (White Soldiers) were behind them. They left a trail of corpses the weak, the sick who could not survive the journey." President Andrew Jackson had long supported Indian Removal, and gained Congressional authorization by a law in 1830. The militia invaded Chota and destroyed the printing press used by the tribe to print their newspaper. Some Cherokee in North Carolina evaded or otherwise arranged to stay in the state, becoming state and US citizens when they gave up tribal membership. Most remaining Cherokee were forced to relocate to Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River. In what they called the Nunna-da-ult-sun-yi, or Trail of Tears, they traveled in several large groups, primarily on foot, without proper clothing and provisions, approximately 800 miles. More than 4,000 Cherokees died along the way. References Further reading Allen, Paula Gunn, The Sacred Hoop, Beacon Press, 1992. American Indian Women: A Research Guide, edited by Gretchen Bataille and Kathleen Sands, Garland Publishing, 1991. Green, Rayna, Women in American Indian Society, Chelsea House, 1992. Native American Women, edited by Gretchen M. Bataille, Garland Publishing, 1993. Dockstader, Frederick J., ed., Great North American Indians: Profiles in Life and Leadership. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977 Felton, Harold W., Nancy Ward: Cherokee. New York: Dodd Mead, 1975 McClary, Ben Harris. "The Last Beloved Woman of the Cherokees." Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly 21 (1962): 352–64. Tucker, Norma. "Nancy Ward, Ghighau of the Cherokees." Georgia Historical Quarterly 53 (June 1969): 192–200 Woodward, Grace Steele. The Cherokees. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963 External links Descendants of Nancy Ward website SmithDRay's Nancy Ward page "Nanye-Hi (Nancy Ward) – Cherokee", by Julia White Slide Show: Art Americana "Art Reviews; Red, White and Blue Americana Atop a Cultural Rainbow" by Roberta Smith, The New York Times, January 20, 2006 Women Political Pioneers Newsweek/MSNBC.com More Nancy Ward Info Michals, Debra. "Nanye-hi (Nancy) Ward". National Women's History Museum. 2015. Video showing Nancy Ward's birthplace and burial site by a member of the Cherokee Nation from 2016 1730s births 1820s deaths Cherokee slave owners Colonial American women People from Chota (Cherokee town) Female