1. Cherokee Indians
Successively, during Washington's, Monroe's, and Jefferson's administration, more and more Indian land was annexed. ... Calhoun's letter to President James Monroe in 1824, "........ For the removal of the tribes within the limits of the State of Georgia, the motive has been peculiarly strong, arising from the compact with that State, whereby the United States are bound to extinguish the Indian title to the lands within it, whenever it may be done peaceably and on reasonable conditions," again, the United States is increasing upon Cherokee land, which Monroe believes it will...
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