Question

.What type of shelter and provision did the government provide the Cherokee

Answer 1

The Government provided boats and rafts for them to move down the Tennessee River from Chattanooga to Ohio and then to Mississippi. When an epidemic of smallpox had broken out they were also given used blankets from the hospitals. They also provided some covering for them which they pulled over their heads to block the rain and sleet while they wait for the ice to lessen enough to cross the Mississippi.