The long process of American territorial expansion was both facilitated and justified by a mid-nineteenth-century ideology (or national vision) known as Manifest Destiny.i Manifest Destiny was infeasible to majority of the people who were willing to get on board with the expansion of America, except for the Indian people. The Indian people felt as though their land, in which they owned, was a good source for hunting, while the settlers thought it was a good idea to expand the nation 's territory. Reaching no concluded agreement, the white settlers came up with an alleged theory, that, in so many words, the whites were the superior and the non-whites were the inferior; and the inferior had no rights to own any land, and therefore the whites
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While reading, I unraveled information about the act and was informed about a man named Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk (1776 - Oct 3, 1838). Black Hawk was the Sac war chief, who was one of the few, unknowingly signed his land over to the white settlers, due to a misunderstanding. Black Hawk was one of the tribe leaders who stood for justice and took an effort to combat the Illinois militia to reclaim their land. The aim of this paper is to discuss Black Hawk’s role of bravery due to the Indian Removal Act that led to the Trail of Tears and his autobiography justifying his insubordinate actions and his steadfast attitude in the war with perseverance to accomplish his goal to obtain the Indians …show more content…
While reading bits and pieces of it, I learned that he had a great deal of faith in the Great Spirit and he was sure that the Great Spirit gave the land to the Indians and was sure that he wouldn 't just take it away from them. With evidence of tiredness and worn out with life, Black Hawk states in his autobiography, "The path of glory is rough, and many hours obscure it. May the Great Spirit shed light on yours--and that you may never experience the humility that the power of the American government has reduced me to,...".v In other words, I believe that he is saying regardless of what miracles may come your way, there will always be oppositions that follow. The Indians were blessed with land, only to be stripped from it, as though it was destined for them to not be a part of this nation 's Manifest
While reading, I unraveled information about the act and was informed about a man named Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak or Black Hawk (1776 - Oct 3, 1838). Black Hawk was the Sac war chief, who was one of the few, unknowingly signed his land over to the white settlers, due to a misunderstanding. Black Hawk was one of the tribe leaders who stood for justice and took an effort to combat the Illinois militia to reclaim their land. The aim of this paper is to discuss Black Hawk’s role of bravery due to the Indian Removal Act that led to the Trail of Tears and his autobiography justifying his insubordinate actions and his steadfast attitude in the war with perseverance to accomplish his goal to obtain the Indians …show more content…
While reading bits and pieces of it, I learned that he had a great deal of faith in the Great Spirit and he was sure that the Great Spirit gave the land to the Indians and was sure that he wouldn 't just take it away from them. With evidence of tiredness and worn out with life, Black Hawk states in his autobiography, "The path of glory is rough, and many hours obscure it. May the Great Spirit shed light on yours--and that you may never experience the humility that the power of the American government has reduced me to,...".v In other words, I believe that he is saying regardless of what miracles may come your way, there will always be oppositions that follow. The Indians were blessed with land, only to be stripped from it, as though it was destined for them to not be a part of this nation 's Manifest