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Episodes tagged "Indian Removal": 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. The Fate of Native Americans at the Turn of the Century
    date 1900 to 1901map Niagara, New Yorktags Niagara Falls, Reservation, Indian Removal, Native-Americans

    Around the year 1900, when Bertha Wendhausen heard that there was an Indian village nearby in Niagara, she couldn’t wait to go and talk with some of the Indians.  She wanted to learn more about the native people of North America.  So on one Sunday, Bertha and her party drove over to find the village of Niagara.  On the way there they met an Indian child who was sick and dying.  Bertha later wrote...

  2. General Sullivan’s Campaign Against Western Indians
    date June, 1790 to August, 1790map Ontario, New Yorktags Indian Removal, Westward Expansion, General John Sullivan, Iroquois Indians

    In the late months of 1778 General John Sullivan of Washington’s army began his long excursion up the eastern coast with one simple goal in mind: to conquer as much land as possible.   Sullivan’s expedition, known as “the Campaign against Western Indians,” was one of the first campaigns in a long serious of Indian Removal actions  culminating in the  official policy of President Andrew...

  3. Indian Removal and the 1832 Election
    date February 2, 1831map ONTARIO, New Yorktags Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Indians, Native Americans, 1832 election, Henry Clay, Five Civilized Tribes, Creek Indians, American Indian Policy, Indian Removal, Land Policy, Manifest Destiny

    February 2nd 1831 Geneva Courier: “American Systems. For President, Henry Clay.” There were two major contenders in the 1832 presidential election, the incumbent Andrew Jackson and the challenger Henry Clay. Jackson was quite popular, which was largely due to the fact that he was the first modern politician who had carefully crafted an image for himself. His popularity led to great power which,...