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The first contingents of Tsa-La-Gi emigrations, totaling approximately 2,800 Tsa-La-Gi, were divided into three detachments, which traveled by water. The first group, numbering approximately 800, departed on 6 June 1838, with the other two detachments leaving after 15 June 1838. These three contingents left under military supervision and were each accompanied by a military escort, two physicians, and a corps of assistants. These three groups left before the Tsa-La-Gi requested and were granted permission to supervise their own migration. The first three contingents are thought to have had a much higher rate of deaths and desertions than the 13 subsequent contingents that left under their own supervision. The first of the two tables below shows the contingents that left the concentration camp located in what is now northern Bradley County, who led each contingent, when they left, and when they arrived at their destination. The second table shows approximately how many people were in each contingent when it embarked, how many arrived at the destination, births en route, deaths en route, desertions, and accessions. You might notice discrepancies in the numbers. The differences between the number of people who left and the number who arrived does not necessarily balance with the number of births, deaths, desertions, and accessions. It must be kept in mind that all numbers are approximate, based on available documentation. Not mentioned in the tables is the approximately 1,500 Tsa-La-Gi who died in the concentration camps from dysentery, starvation, food poisoning from the rancid meat and rotted corn meal, exposure, dehydration, and other diseases common to such conditions of imprisonment between the time of their incarceration and the time they embarked on their trek. The concentration camp that was located between Charleston and Cleveland, Tennessee, south of and bordering on the Hiawassee River covered a 10 square mile area (2 miles X 5 miles). More than 10,000 of the almost 16,000 Tsa-La-Gi who made up the 16 contingents were incarcerated at this single camp. Also not accounted for in the tables below are approximately 800 Tsa-La-Gi who died after arrival in Indian Territory. The Trail of Tears was only the beginning of their suffering. In a strange environment, with rotten food provided by corrupt Indian Agents and poor provisions made for the arrival of the Tsa-La-Gi, many arrived safely in Indian Territory only to starve to death, freeze to death, or die from exposure and related diseases. Click HERE for a map of the water and land routes that are collectively known today as the "Trail of Tears."
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