Wilson Lumpkin assumed the governorship early the next year . Faced with the Nullification Crisis in neighboring South Carolina , he chose to free Worcester and Butler if they agreed to minor concessions . Having won the Supreme Court decision , Worcester believed that he would be more effective outside prison and left . He realized that the larger battle had been lost , because the state and settlers refused to abide by the decision of the Supreme Court . Within three years , the US used its military to force the Cherokee Nation out of the Southeast and on the " Trail of Tears " to lands west of the Mississippi River
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Samuel Worcester