Samuel Worcester served at the mission in 1835 , after having worked with the Cherokee as a missionary in Georgia before removal . He created the type for the Cherokee syllabary for their first newspaper , the '' Cherokee Phoenix '' . In 1837 , the first Cherokee language printing press in the then Indian Territory ( now Oklahoma ) was moved from Union Mission to Dwight Mission . In 1839 , the majority of the Cherokee nation was removed to the area from the Southeast on the Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Dwight Presbyterian Mission