After receiving a pardon from the subsequent governor , Worcester left Georgia on a promise to never return . He moved to Indian Territory in 1836 in the period of Cherokee removal on the Trail of Tears . His wife died there in 1839 . Worcester resumed his ministry , continued translating the Bible into Cherokee , and established the first printing press in that part of the United States , working with the Cherokee to publish their newspaper
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Samuel Worcester