<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> leaders <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ridge" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Major Ridge">Major Ridge</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ridge" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Ridge">John Ridge</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Boudinot_(Cherokee)" id="mwdQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Elias Boudinot (Cherokee)">Elias Boudinot</a> are assassinated for signing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_New_Echota" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Treaty of New Echota">Treaty of New Echota</a>, which had resulted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_removal" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cherokee removal">Trail of Tears</a>.