“It is impossible to

civilize Indians

because they were

essentially inferior to

the Anglo-Saxon

race”

Indian Removal Act 1830

Removal Act

• Government provides funds to

negotiate treaty

• 90 treaties are signed
• Some tribes resist

Black Hawk War

• In Illinois, Sac and Fox Indians

plant grain on land

• Militia tries to find elusive Indians
• Battle ensues on shores of Bad

Axe River

• Hundreds of Indians and 17

soldiers killed

• You have taken me prisoner with all my warriors - I

fought hard. But your guns were well-aimed. The

bullets flew like birds in the air, and whizzed by our

ears like the wind through the trees in the winter. My

warriors fell around me, it began to look dismal. I saw

my evil day at hand.

Osceola Resists

• Seminoles in Florida led by Chief Osceola
• Helped by escaped slaves
• Takes 7 years to put down 2

nd

Seminole

War

• Cost of 20 million dollars

Cherokee & Trail of Tears

• Became farmers, shopkeepers, artisans
• Schools, newspapers
• 1827 – declares itself a state
• GA refused to agree and starts selling

land

• Supreme Court sides with Cherokee
• Jackson ignores Court and orders them

out

Trail of Tears

• Georgia militia brutally rounds up

17,000

• Destination: Oklahoma
• 800 miles – 6 months: boat, RR,

foot

• ¼ Cherokee die along the way
• New land far inferior

Homework

Find a household item

with an Indian on it.

(Food, beverage, sports

team, etc)

Modern Issues

What is next?

Go Appleton

Christ’s!

Crucify the

Patriots!