"The Cherokee Removal" (p.3-4)

"Who Were the Evicted?" (p.5-7)

"White Conquest by Infiltration and Treaty Making" (p.7-9)

"Primitive Tribes to Civilized Nation" (p.9)

"Ethnic Mixtures in the Cherokee Nation" (p.10-11)

"Growth of Agriculture, Crafts, and Commerce" (p.11)

"Cherokee Wealth Compared with that of Whites" (p.12-14)

"Cherokee Literacy, Education, and Religions" (p.14-17)

"The Cherokee Government" (p.17-18)

"The Fatal Flaw" (p.18)

"Government Ambiguity or Duplicity?" (p.18-20)

"The Pressure Increases on the Cherokees" (p.20-21)

"The Supreme Court Reaffirms Cherokee Sovereignty" (p.21-22)

"The President Defies the Court" (p.22-23)

"The Disputed Treaty" (p.24-25)

"John Ross, Principal Chief of the Cherokees" (p.25-[30])

"Members of the Ridge Faction" (p.[30]-33)

"The Principal Chief Is 'Deposed'" (p.34)

"The Treaty Is Declared a Fraud" (p.35-[37])

"The Treaty Is Ratified" (p.38)

"Georgians Demand Protection" (p.38-39)

"Cherokee Opposition to the Treaty Solidifies" (p.[40]-42)

"General Wool Asks to be Relieved" (p.42-43)

"The War Department Is Worried" (p.44-45)

"Border Whites Grow More Impatient" (p.45-46)

"1838, the Year of Removal Begins" (p.46-47)

"Public Opinion Is Aroused" (p.47)

"Military Preparations Are Ordered" (p.47-48)

"The President Offers a Compromise" (p.48-49)

"The President Yields to a Governor" (p.49-51)

"May 23, 1838 — the Roundup Begins" (p.51-53)

"Birth of a Legend" (p.53-54)

"Roundup Completed, Removal Begins" (p.54-56)

"Removal Suspended" (p.56-57)

"More Trouble With Emigrants en Route" (p.57-59)

"Some Emigrants at Last Arrive" (p.59-60)

"Degradation and Death in the Stockades" (p.61)

"Where to Place the Blame?" (p.61-62)

"Cherokees Organize Their Own Removal" (p.63-64)

"Removal at Last Gets Under Way" (p.64-65)

"Complacency in High Offices" (p.65-66)

"Dissent and Refutation" (p.66-67)

"Bleak Reality with the Caravans" (p.67-70)

"The Summing Up" (p.70-73)

"Afterword" (p.73-77)

"A Selected Bibliography" (p.79-80)

Index (p.81-88)