1. Cherokee Indians
... land, his conclusion forebodes the appropriation. "That the Cherokee Nation may be led to a greater degree of civilization, and to become herdsmen and cultivators, instead of remaining in a state of hunters, the United States will from time to time gratuitously the said nation with useful implements of husbandry," the statement made by Henry Knox, shows an ethnocentric view toward the Indians. Knox viewed ... , as early as the same can be peaceably obtained on reasonable terms, the Indian Title . . . to all the other Lands within the State of Georgia." The statement above, explains how th...
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