1836–1837
Forced removalBook sources
U.S. forces expel Muscogee communities after the Creek War of 1836
Alabama to Indian Territory
U.S. forces rounded up Muscogee people and sent them west after the Creek War of 1836. Military detention and transport, including the chaining of men, uprooted families. Inadequate supplies, illness and exposure made removal deadly.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
This is distinct from Jackson’s Creek War of 1813–1814. It describes the major 1836–1837 removal, not the departure of every Muscogee person or the disappearance of Muscogee communities in the Southeast. Population comparisons decades apart are not used as a direct count of removal deaths. January 1 is a year-level sorting anchor.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 7, pp. 134–135, 141–143; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- National Park Service, The Muscogee Nation, removal section; 1836–early 1837 chronology ↗