I believe that the
correct answer is (b). As the tribe divided over voluntary removal, Elias
Boudinot and John Ridge became the two Cherokee leaders of opposite viewpoints.
Boudinot considered that the removal was inevitable and signed the Treaty of New
Echota in 1835 with other treaty supporters. On the other hand, the chief of
Cherokee nation, John Ridge, tried to stop white political leaders from forcing
them to move; he was backed by the majority. Their resistance resulted in the "Trail
of Tears" (Nu na da ul tsun yi (the place where they cried)) in which
one-fourth of the Cherokee forced to move died.
