[lentulusgracchus]

The logistics involved with such a move would be staggering.

I don't know. The buffalo didn't want to go, either, but Sherman and Sheridan somehow managed that.

It would certainly have been a giant "Trail of Tears" -- but there was also the precedent.

[Non-Sequitur]

I don't know. The buffalo didn't want to go, either, but Sherman and Sheridan somehow managed that.

The buffalo weren't expelled, they were exterminated. Even Jefferson Davis wouldn't have gone for that.

It would certainly have been a giant "Trail of Tears" -- but there was also the precedent.

There were about 17,000 Cherokee expelled, there were almost 4 million black men and women. A trail of tears multiplied by over 230.