In the 1830s, Jackson signed off on his own bill that required all Native Americans living in the South to relocate west of the Mississippi River. Jackson was forcing a large population of people off of their ancestral homelands and into a place of which they had no knowledge. A few groups of the targeted Native Americans tried to appeal this policy, but all their appeals accomplished was prolonging the inevitable. A group, the Cherokee, was at least able to create a treaty with the federal government stating they would leave for the west peacefully as long as they were provided with sufficient food, water, and medicine. However, the government did not follow through with their end of the deal, and as a result, the Native Americans suffered on their journey to the west. By the end of the mass relocation, between 4,000 and 8,000 Cherokee died as a result of dehydration, malnutrition, or disease. The horrific conditions of this journey earned it the nickname the Trail of Tears and leaves an everlasting negative impact on Andrew Jackson’s