In the early part of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated a displacement of the existing societies living east of the Mississippi River, including The Five Tribes, to lands west of the river.
A comezos do século XIX, o goberno dos Estados Unidos iniciou un proceso de desprazamento das sociedades nativas que vivían ó leste do río Mississippi, incluíndo as cinco tribos, cara a terras ó oeste do río.