Existing comment:
This table provides estimates of the population of each Native nation that was removed, and of the number of people who died along the way. Deaths were caused by disease, exposure, exhaustion, avoidable accidents, and warfare.
No single set of exact figures exists for the number of American Indians removed. These estimates have been compiled from multiple sources.
Seminole (Second Seminole War)
700 deaths -- 3,000 removed
Muscogee (Creek) (including enslaved laborers)
3,500 deaths -- 23,000 removed
Choctaw
4,000 deaths -- 20,000 removed
Chicksaw (including enslaved laborers)
800 deaths -- 5,600 removed
Cherokee
2,000-4,000 deaths -- 16,000 removed |