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Over a period of two years the Cherokee moved from their "Enchanted Land" in Georgia to a new home in Oklahoma. During that time more than 20 distinct groups of Cherokee Indians headed west along three separate routes. Today the general term The Trail of Tears is applied to all three routes, however, to the Cherokee only the northern land route was called "The Trail Where They Cried."
| Parties of Cherokee who emigrated west: | |||||
| Date | Description | Number at departure |
Additions | Known dead | Number at Arrival |
|
May 24, 1836 thru |
People who left the Cherokee Nation in Georgia and emigrated to the Oklahoma Territory before the "Trail of Tears" . Most of the signers of the Treaty of New Echota and many of the richer mixed-blood Cherokee. | 800+ | ? | 800+ | |
| April 5, 1838 | Under the command of Lt. Deas, U. S. Army. | 250 | ? | 248 | |
| June 6, 1838 | Under the command of Lt. Deas, U. S. Army. | 800 | 489 | ||
| June 13, 1838 | Under the command of Lt. Whitley, U. S. Army. | 800 | 225 | 602 | |
| June 17, 1838 | Under the command of Capt. Drane, U. S. Army. | 1070 | 494 | ||
| October 11, 1838 | Under the command of Lt. Deas, U. S. Army and John Ridge. | 650 | 650 | ||
| October 1, 1838 | Leader - John Benge. First of the Cherokee controlled parties. U. S. Army commander Winfield Scott rode to Nashville with this party. | 1,103 | 77 | 50 | 1,103 |
| October 4, 1838 | Leader - Elijah Hicks. | 748 | 110 | 34 | 744 |
| October 4, 1838 | Leaders - Hair Conrad;Daniel Colton. | 858 | 654 | ||
| October 4, 1838 | Leaders - Jesse Bushyhead; Capt. Old Field. | 950 | 82 | 898 | |
| October 4, 1838 | Leader - Rev. S. Foreman. | 983 | 57 | 921 | |
| October 4, 1838 | Leader - Choowalooka. | 1,150 | 970 | ||
| October 4, 1838 | Leader - Mose Daniel. | 1,035 | 48 | 924 | |
| October 4, 1838 | Leader - James Brown. | 859 | 34 | 717 | |
| November 4, 1838 | Leader - George Hicks. | 1,118 | 1,039 | ||
| November 4, 1838 | Leader - John Drew | 231 | 219 | ||
| November 4, 1838 | Leader - Richard Taylor. | 1,029 | 55 | 944 | |
| November 4, 1838 | Leader - Peter Hilderbrand. | 1,776 | 1,312 | ||
| December 4, 1838 | Leader - John Ross. Final party of the Trail of Tears. | 228 | |||
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