An sanya hannu kan dokar kawar da Indiya ta zama doka a ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1830, ta Shugaban Amurka Andrew Jackson.Dokar, kamar yadda Majalisa ta bayyana, ta tanadi "musayar filaye tare da Indiyawan da ke zaune a kowace jihohi ko yankuna, da kuma kawar da su a yammacin kogin Mississippi."^[47] A lokacin Shugabancin Jackson (1829-1837) da magajinsa Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) fiye da 60,000 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka ^[48] daga aƙalla kabilu 18 ^[49] an tilasta musu ƙaura zuwa yammacin kogin Mississippi inda an raba su sabbin filaye a matsayin wani bangare na tsarkake kabilanci.^[50] An sake tsugunar da kabilun kudu galibi a yankin Indiya (Oklahoma).An sake tsugunar da kabilun arewa tun farko a Kansas.Baya ga wasu ƴan ƙasar Amurka gabas da Mississippi da kuma kudu da manyan tafkuna an kori al'ummar Indiyawa.Yunkurin zuwa yamma na ƙabilun Indiya yana da alaƙa da adadi mai yawa na mace-mace sakamakon wahalar tafiya.^[51]Majalisar dokokin Amurka ta amince da dokar da dan karamin rinjaye a majalisar wakilai.Dokar Cire Indiya ta sami goyon bayan Shugaba Jackson, mazauna kudu da farar fata, da gwamnatocin jihohi da yawa, musamman na Jojiya.Kabilun Indiyawa, Jam'iyyar Whig, da Amurkawa da yawa sun yi adawa da kudirin.Yunkurin doka na barin ƙabilun Indiya su kasance a ƙasarsu a gabashin Amurka ya ci tura.Mafi shahara, Cherokee (ban da Yarjejeniyar Party) sun kalubalanci komawar su, amma ba su yi nasara ba a kotuna;Gwamnatin Amurka ta cire su da karfi a wani tattaki zuwa yamma wanda daga baya aka fi sani da Trail of Tears.