The Chickasaw gathered at Memphis , Tennessee , on July 4 , 1837 , with all of their portable assets : belongings , livestock , and enslaved African Americans . Three thousand and one Chickasaw crossed the Mississippi River , following routes established by the Choctaw and Creek . During the journey , often called the Trail of Tears by all the Southeast tribes that had to make it , more than 500 Chickasaw died of dysentery and smallpox
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Chickasaw