Many changes occurred from colonists expanding America. One of the most affected groups were Native Americans. Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the American lands with good aspirations to make friends with the native tribes. In a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Clark Jefferson stated that the explorers should “..with the natives, treat them in the most friendly and conciliatory manner…”. Jefferson wanted the explorers to be respectful to the natives. He wanted the two cultures to be useful to each other so he told Lewis and Clark to provide anything the natives needed. However, other sources may prove that Lewis and Clark may not have been as nice to the natives as they were presumed to have been. An article by TIME magazine said that after Clark’s expedition he helped implement a policy which historians now claim was guilty of being a direct cause of cultural genocide or ethnic cleansing. In Lewis’s journal he claimed the Blackfeet were “a vicious, lawless and rather an abandoned set of wretches.”
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These two chiefs believed that the Americans were educating the Natives. They were proud to have learned new ways of living. They said “distress had passed away, we found ourselves in the power of a generous nation”. This was before being forced to relocate in the Trail of Tears.
A speech recited in 1830 by Andrew Jackson stated that Jackson thought relocation was beneficial. Andrew Jackson said he felt sad the Natives disappeared but he feels it’s for the better. Jackson thought the land should not be occupied by Native Americans and should instead be given to Americans for they will be much happier. He thought the old land was a “a country covered with forests and occupied by a few thousand savages” before the Americans took over. Native Americans, however, hated these relocations which caused them many
These two chiefs believed that the Americans were educating the Natives. They were proud to have learned new ways of living. They said “distress had passed away, we found ourselves in the power of a generous nation”. This was before being forced to relocate in the Trail of Tears.
A speech recited in 1830 by Andrew Jackson stated that Jackson thought relocation was beneficial. Andrew Jackson said he felt sad the Natives disappeared but he feels it’s for the better. Jackson thought the land should not be occupied by Native Americans and should instead be given to Americans for they will be much happier. He thought the old land was a “a country covered with forests and occupied by a few thousand savages” before the Americans took over. Native Americans, however, hated these relocations which caused them many