Episodes tagged "Indian Removal": 1 through 3 of 3
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1900 to 1901
Niagara, New York
Niagara Falls, Reservation, Indian Removal, Native-AmericansAround 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...
June, 1790 to August, 1790
Ontario, New York
Indian Removal, Westward Expansion, General John Sullivan, Iroquois IndiansIn 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...
February 2, 1831
ONTARIO, New York
Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Indians, Native Americans, 1832 election, Henry Clay, Five Civilized Tribes, Creek Indians, American Indian Policy, Indian Removal, Land Policy, Manifest DestinyFebruary 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,...
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