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This page will focus on the oppressive meteorological conditions faced by the Five Civilized Tribes in the aftermath of the Indian Removal Act signed into law by Andrew Jackson[1] in 1830 and investigate the climate of the time using a variety of paleoclimate proxies and documented weather conditions taken from first-hand accounts. Removal of the Native Americans from the Southeast US was a key political platform for Andrew Jackson and he was relentless in seeing that the Indians were relocated to the West to make room for white settlers in the South.[2] Most of the heartache, illness and misery experienced by the Native Americans can be attributed to extreme weather conditions and a lack of preparation by the US government in its haste to relocate the indigenous peoples. The mandated emigration took place near the end of what is known as the Little Ice Age, a stadial event that occurred roughly between 1550-1850 A.D.[3] Harsh weather conditions played a key role in the horrendous suffering of the emigrants and many times contributed to or hastened their deaths.[4]
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