Answer:
In response some Cherokees began moving from their homelands in Georgia and Tennessee to the Southern Great Plains. ... Under the legal authority of this Act, in 1838-1839, the United States military forcibly and brutally force-marched thousands of Cherokee to their new home in what would become Oklahoma.
Both characters were kept in the dark so in a way , they had
no idea what was going on in the camp.
Bruno’s father kept the truth from him while Shmuel was never told the
truth of what was really going on in the camp.