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Before a white man came on American soil, Native Indians lived on this land before it was known as America. There were probably 10 million Indians living here, north of present day Mexico, when the white man arrived here. When the white man came to this land it was thought that there would be peace. Not really for certain when it Indians inhabited this land some say back in 20,000 – 30,000 years ago (Manasco, N.D.).
President Andrew Jackson and the United States Congress passed what is known as the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which gave the President the rights to swap land with the Indians from the East of the Mississippi to the west of the Mississippi. There were thousands among thousands of Indians that moved west as a result of this act. Some had gone on their own, and some were forced to go. Not all left some remained behind and the pressure on the tribal leaders to sign the papers for the removal became very strong. The treaty of New Echota became the most brutal treaty to......

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