ABSTRACT
Indian removal has been studied from a variety of themes including victimization, economics, people-place relations and culture change. This chapter discusses the various stresses on them during the process of being relocated during Indian removal. The notion of Indian territory began with the British, was mentioned by Washington and Jefferson, was implemented through volunteerism by James Monroe and became law under Jackson. The chapter explores women and discusses their degradation, frustration, and anomie in this experience. It examines the impact of the lack of food, clothing and shelter, circumstances of personal hygiene, births, deaths and injury. While scholars recognize the lack of primary material regarding women in removal, the re-awakening social consciousness of the last few decades, which pointed out that "a gender masculine or neutral" approach does not provide a complete perspective, justifies such an undertaking. The vast majority of non-migrating women were fugitives from the law. Some were granted land in the East as a result of treaties.
