1. Cherokee Indians
Successively, during Washington's, Monroe's, and Jefferson's administration, more and more Indian land was annexed. ... In reference to President Thomas Jefferson's letter to Andrew Jackson in 1803, "The Indian tribes . . . have for a considerable time been growing more and more uneasy at the constant diminution of the territory they occupy, although affected by their own voluntary sales, and the policy has long been gaining strength with them of refusing absolutely all further sales on any conditions . . . . ... I trust and believe we are acting for their greatest good," T...
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