Many people were ill by the time they reached Indian Territory , and many other natives who would be forced into the removal process would die . The US government realized that the cost of moving the Indians was " two to three times the original estimate " . After the removal of the Choctaw tribe , Jackson continued to put policies in motion that would continue to remove Natives east of the Mississippi River . That created the removal process known as the Trail of Tears and the removal of five different tribal nations . The Creek , Chickasaw , Cherokee , and Seminole Nations were removed after the Choctaw were
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Farewell Letter to the American People