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How were American Indians treated during The Trail of Tears?

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They suffered severe exposure, disease, and starvation. About 4,00 died from just disease.

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Severe exposure, starvation and disease ravaged tribes during their forced migration to present-day Oklahoma. ... As many as 4,000 died of disease, starvation and exposure during their detention and forced migration through nine states that became known as the “Trail of Tears.”

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