The taking of American Indian lands in the Southeast : a history of territorial cessions and forced relocation, 1607-1840 / David W. Miller.

• Before European intrusion and early patterns of exploitation -- Jamestown -- Pushing west from the Virginia coastal region (1646-1687) -- England and France compete and clash -- The Cherokee and the French and Indian War -- The Carolinas, Georgia, and the Southern tribes (1663-1763) -- Southern tribes after the Proclamation of 1763 (1763-1775) -- Virginia and the Cherokee agree on a boundary (1768-1771) -- Land grabbers and early Kentucky settlements -- The Southern frontier during the war years (1775-1783) -- The Creek and a vacillating partner (1783-1789) -- The Creek deal with the federal government and Spain (1789-1795) -- The Chickasaw and Choctaw (1783-1795) -- Benjamin Hawkins leads -- The Cherokee, state of Franklin, and North Carolina -- The Cherokee, the Creek, the Chickamauga, and the new federal government (1789-1796) -- Blount's downfall and a 1797 treaty line -- Jefferson and the Southern nations (1801-1809) -- Jefferson after the Louisiana Purchase and anarchy in 1810 -- The Creek War (1813-1814) -- Andrew Jackson's 20 million acres and the Battle of New Orleans (1814-1815) -- Exploiting the Mississippi Territory (1815-1816) -- The Cherokee of the East and West (1817-1828) -- The Chickasaw and Choctaw (1816-1820) -- The Creek (1818-1829) -- Jackson and Florida (1816-1829) -- Removal to the West--Choctaw -- Removal to the West--Chickasaw -- The betrayal of the Creek -- Seminole saga -- The Cherokee versus Georgia -- Cherokee intransigence -- The Trail of Tears -- After the exodus.

• "Between the time of the settling of Jamestown and the Trail of Tears in the 1830's, thousands of Native Americans were forced to cede land to European settlers and move westward. This book, with the aid of maps and pictures, relies primarily on the words of those involved to tell the tale of the transfer of land"--Provided by publisher. 

Ämnesord

Tvångsförflyttningar  (sao)

Amerikanska urfolk  -- historia (sao)

Jordägande  -- historia (sao)

Indian land transfers  -- Southern States -- History. (LCSH)

Indian land transfers  -- Southern States -- History -- Sources. (LCSH)

Indians of North America  -- Relocation -- Southern States -- History. (LCSH)

Indians of North America  -- Relocation -- Southern States -- History -- Sources. (LCSH)

Frontier and pioneer life  -- Southern States. (LCSH)

Frontier and pioneer life  -- Southern States -- Sources. (LCSH)

Forced migration  (LCSH)

Population transfers  (LCSH)

Nordamerika  (sao)

Southern States  -- Race relations -- History. (LCSH)

Southern States  -- Race relations -- History -- Sources. (LCSH)

United States  -- Territorial expansion. (LCSH)

United States  -- Territorial expansion -- Sources. (LCSH)

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970.004/97 (DDC)

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