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by Steve Inskeep


  electoral votes and, 149, 154

  and Jackson’s invasion of Florida, 102, 148

  preamble of, 125–26

  Cooper, James Fenimore, 139

  Cooper, Samuel, 319

  Coosa River, 22, 24, 27, 211, 270

  cotton, 30, 94–95, 96, 141

  Crawford, William H., 88–89, 145–46, 150

  Creek Nation, 8, 9, 22, 27, 32, 38–50, 81, 139, 162–63, 164, 165, 272, 283, 300

  alcohol and, 31–32

  Cherokee Regiment and, 41, 42, 44–46, 48

  Cherokees and, 60

  conference of, 234

  in Horseshoe Bend battle, 42–50, 116

  Jackson’s campaign against, 14–15, 18, 20, 27–28, 35–37, 38, 39, 41, 42–45, 47–50, 285

  Lafayette and, 162–63, 166

  mail service and, 233, 234

  Red Stick rebels in, 14–15, 34, 35, 38–50, 102, 285

  Ridge and, 124

  Seminoles and, 284

  Treaty of Fort Jackson and, 50, 80, 84

  in War of 1812, 14–15

  white culture and, 32–33

  Creek Nation, land of, 83, 158, 163, 232–33, 234

  in Alabama, 187–88

  Jackson and, 49–50, 80, 84–85, 116

  Treaty of Indian Springs and, 164–66

  Crockett, Davy, 7, 16, 17, 39–41, 237–38, 240, 307

  Cumberland River, 30, 81

  Currey, Benjamin F., 293, 294–95, 299

  Cypress Land Company, 100, 104

  Dade, Francis, 286

  Dahlonega, 210

  Davis, Jefferson, 5, 231, 232, 270

  Declaration of Independence, 69, 199

  Deep South, 9, 159, 175, 337

  Democracy in America (Tocqueville), 268

  Democratic Party, 6, 265, 267, 277, 341–42

  Democratic-Republican Party, 143–44, 173, 184

  de Soto, Hernando, 60, 210

  Detroit, 34, 203

  Division and Reunion (Wilson), 349

  Donelson, Andrew Jackson, 183

  Donelson, Emily, 183

  Donelson, John, 71, 81, 98, 103

  Donelson, William, 99

  Donelson family, 80–81, 82

  Doublehead, 83, 91, 123, 127, 343

  Douglas, Stephen A., 5, 265

  Dred Scott decision, 341

  Dwight, Timothy, 197

  Eaton, John, 18–19, 191, 206, 215

  Ehle, John, 351

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 259

  Emancipation Proclamation, 341, 342

  Erie Canal, 138, 231

  Esther, Queen, 220, 224

  Evans Spring, 99

  Evarts, Jeremiah, 193–200, 204, 217, 221, 248, 261

  Beecher and, 217, 218, 219

  Cherokees and, 194, 197, 198–200

  Ross and, 194, 195, 198–99

  slavery and, 198, 199

  “William Penn” essays of, 193–94, 195–96, 199, 200, 217, 223

  Worcester and, 242

  Everett, Edward, 237, 266

  Fallen, William, 174

  Farmington, 223

  Faubus, Orval, 259

  Federalists, 143

  Federal Reserve, 266

  financial panic of 1837, 308, 320

  First Jackson Bank, 338

  Five Civilized Tribes, 9

  Florence, 100, 103, 104, 110, 125, 137, 141

  Florida, 9, 34, 43, 49, 50, 55, 108, 120, 121, 316

  Jackson’s invasion of, 101–3, 147–49, 152, 283

  Seminoles in, 9, 232–33, 272, 284–85, 300

  Creeks and, 284

  Jackson and, 102

  Ross and, 286–87, 310–11

  Second Seminole War, 286–87, 308–9, 310, 316, 342

  slaves and, 285

  Foreign Mission School, 178, 179

  Forks of Cypress, 100

  Forrest, Edwin, 232

  Forsyth, John, 166

  Fort Dearborn, 5

  Fort Jackson, 48

  Treaty of, 50, 80, 84

  Fort King, 283, 285

  Fort Loudon, 61

  Fort Massac, 4

  Fort McHenry, 270

  Fort Mims, 38–39, 43, 44

  Fort Mitchell, 215

  Fort Monroe, 270

  Fort Moultrie, 159, 309

  Fort Payne, 334–35

  Fort Strother, 13, 14–15, 21, 22, 23, 27, 41, 42

  Fort Sumter, 159, 317

  Franklin, Benjamin, 141

  Franklin House (Gadsby’s hotel), 145, 146, 152–53, 156, 157, 182, 183, 192

  Freedom’s Journal, 174

  Frelinghuysen, Theodore, 237, 244–45, 260, 266

  French, 197

  Cherokees and, 62–63

  French Revolution, 144

  Fulbright scholarships, 178

  Fulton, Robert, 30

  Gadsby, John, 182

  hotel of (Franklin House), 145, 146, 152–53, 156, 157, 183, 184, 192

  Gadsden, James, 205, 284, 341

  Gaines, Edmund P., 166

  Garrison, William Lloyd, 226

  Genius of Universal Emancipation, 226

  Georgia, 107, 139, 161, 162, 163, 164, 180, 185, 197, 206, 207–8, 234

  Cherokee land in, 114–19, 120, 187, 190, 191, 195, 199–200, 208–9, 210–11, 219, 229–30, 235–37, 273, 282, 291–99

  Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 247–49

  gold in, 210–11

  growth of, 270–71

  history of, 114–15

  lottery for Cherokee land in, 252, 256, 273, 291, 326

  Treaty of Indian Springs and, 164–66

  Treaty of New Echota and, 296–99, 300–305, 321

  Worcester’s arrest in, 243–44

  Yazoo fraud and, 116, 118

  Georgia Guard, 243–44, 255–56, 276, 291–92, 293, 295

  Gilmer, George, 243–44, 248, 251

  gold, 210–11, 216, 256

  Great Smoky Mountains, 59–60

  Greco-Roman tradition, 151–52

  Grimké, Angelina, 224–25

  Guess, George (Sequoyah), 24, 90, 171, 274

  Habersham County, 210

  Haley, Alex, 100

  Hamilton, Alexander, 73

  Harrison, William Henry, 32, 34, 231

  Hartford, 220–21, 223

  Hartford Female Seminary, 222

  Harvard, 137, 172

  Head of Coosa, 211, 291

  Henry, Patrick, 246, 247

  Hickory Hill, 100

  Hicks, Brian, 351

  Hicks, Charles, 65, 124

  Hicks, Elijah, 255

  Hillabee, 41

  Horace, 152

  Horseshoe Bend (Tohopeka), 28

  battle of, 42–50, 67, 70, 73, 77, 78, 80, 87, 88, 116, 123, 148, 150, 157, 163, 239, 279, 284, 304, 307, 337

  House of Representatives, 133–35, 139, 146, 151

  Clay in, 147–48, 150, 152

  Indian Removal Bill and, 229–30

  Jackson’s Florida campaign and, 147–49

  Houston, Sam, 16, 44, 150, 307

  Huntsville, 96–97, 98

  Hutchings, Andrew Jackson, 99

  Hutchings, Major, 94

  Illinois, 139, 141

  Indiana, 138

  Indiana Territory, 32

  Indian Intercourse Acts, 25

  Indian lands, 232–33

  Cherokee, 6, 57, 83, 180, 207, 213, 217, 232–33

  Beecher’s women’s campaign in support of, 218–21, 223–26

  Cherokees’ efforts to evict white families from, 212–15

  Cherokees’ natural right to, 199

  efforts to push white settlers off of, 108–13

  $5 million price for, 291, 296, 298–99

  in Georgia, 114–19, 120, 187, 190, 191, 195, 199–200, 208–9, 210–11, 219, 229–30, 235–37, 273, 282, 291–99

  in Georgia, lottery for, 252, 256, 273, 291, 326

  Jackson and, 47–48, 80, 86, 88–91, 93–94, 108–11, 127, 187, 216, 235–36,
272–73, 294–95

  in North Carolina, 128–30

  in South Carolina, 160–61

  Treaty of New Echota and, 296–99, 300–305, 321

  U.S. government annuities and, 6, 245–46

  Chickasaw, 80, 83, 85, 100–101, 104

  Creek, 83, 158, 163, 232–33, 234

  in Alabama, 187–88

  Jackson and, 49–50, 80, 84–85, 116

  Treaty of Indian Springs and, 164–66

  growth in white settlement of, 231, 270

  Jackson and, 73–74, 78–80, 83–85, 86, 88–91, 92–101, 102–4, 140–41

  map of, vs. white man’s map, 8, 29, 63–64, 108, 114, 187, 206, 235, 236, 254

  poor people occupying, 112

  traded for American goods, 83

  violence over, 211–15

  white settlers’ preservation of names of, 138–39

  Indian Queen, 278, 279, 280

  Indian removal, 6, 185, 186–87, 195, 225–26, 276

  African removal and, 226

  alternatives to, 235–36

  arguments over, 203–5

  Beecher’s campaign against, 218–21, 223–26

  of Cherokee (Trail of Tears), 312–36, 342–43, 346, 350

  Indian Removal Act, 229–30, 234–35, 237–41, 244, 245, 260, 283

  interpretations of, 349–50

  Jackson’s policy of, 6, 186–87, 205–9, 244, 265–66, 279, 306, 308

  opposition to, 238–39

  sectional politics and, 260

  Tocqueville on, 269

  Indians:

  alcohol and, 31–32

  Bureau of Indian Affairs and, 157

  civilization program for, 64–65, 121

  Clay’s view of, 136, 159, 199, 204–5

  Jackson’s view of, 47–48, 136, 205

  Jefferson and, 64, 83, 236

  marriage between whites and, 179

  oral history among, 171–72

  Tocqueville on U.S. policies toward, 269

  total size of nations of, 63

  Washington and, 25–26, 63–64, 219–20

  whites’ identification with, 232

  white society deleterious to, 32

  whites’ use of native names, 138–39

  Indian Territory, 343

  industry, 30

  Iraq, 197, 286, 294

  Jackson, Andrew, 1, 4–5, 7, 8–9, 29, 57, 58, 68–74, 161, 166, 214, 231, 277, 206–8, 346

  Adams and, 184

  alcohol and, 31

  arms depots recommended by, 92–93

  Bank of the United States and, 266–67, 280, 282

  banks and, 266–67, 280, 282, 308

  Big Spring plantation of, 99

  Black Hawk and, 270

  Blount and, 73, 82

  Burr and, 73

  Cherokee government and, 208

  Cherokee land and, 47–48, 80, 86, 88–91, 93–94, 108–11, 127, 187, 216, 235–37, 272–73, 294–95

  Cherokee treaties with, 47–48

  Chickasaw land bribe of, 101, 104, 183–84

  childhood and teenage years of, 69–70

  Clay and, 7, 135–36, 146–49, 151–52, 155–56, 205, 266

  Coffee and, 13, 17, 20–21, 22, 78–79, 84–85, 90, 93, 95–98, 100, 101, 110, 153, 182–83, 216, 258

  Congress attended by, 138

  Creek campaign of, 14–15, 18, 20, 27–28, 35–37, 38, 39, 41, 42–45, 47–50, 285

  Creek lands and, 49–50, 80, 84–85, 116

  death of, 341

  Deep South created by, 9

  divide in forces of, 50

  duels of, 14, 31, 58, 70–72, 279

  elected president, 6, 180, 184–85, 191

  emotionality of, 71

  farewell message of, 306, 308

  Florida conquered by, 101–3, 147–49, 152, 283

  Georgia and, 116

  in gunfight with Benton, 14, 36, 225, 279

  Hermitage home of, 30, 36, 71, 73, 79–80, 95, 99, 167, 182, 183, 279, 307, 313, 350

  highway bill and, 239, 240

  inaugural address of, 186

  inauguration of, 181–82, 190, 194–95

  Indian orphan adopted by, 41, 99

  Indian Removal Act and, 229–30, 234–35, 237–41

  Indian removal policy of, 6, 186–87, 205–9, 244, 265–66, 279, 306, 308

  Indians as viewed by, 47–48, 136, 205

  Lafayette and, 145, 167, 182

  land dealings of, 73–74, 78–80, 83–85, 86, 88–91, 92–101, 102–4, 140–41

  McLean and, 256

  Muscle Shoals and, 80–81

  newspapers and, 173–74, 193–94

  nickname of, 36

  opponents of, 238–39, 244

  parents of, 68, 69

  physical appearance of, 14

  positions in administration of, 185

  in presidential campaign of 1824, 101, 135–36, 144, 146, 150, 153–56, 167

  in presidential campaign of 1828, 19, 104, 180, 183–84, 191

  Rachel’s death and, 182, 185

  railroads and, 231

  Ridge and, 157–58

  rise to prominence, 6

  Ross and, 4–5, 6, 7, 24, 85, 88, 90, 278–82, 284, 299, 330–33

  and Ross’s efforts to push white settlers off Cherokee lands, 108

  Ross’s letters to, 45, 107–8, 112–13, 190–91, 280–81

  Scots-Irish background of, 68–69

  second term of, 265, 306

  slaves and, 70, 71, 72, 99, 140, 183

  Spain and, 55

  store operated by, 30, 71

  Sunday mail service and, 185, 217

  Supreme Court and, 257–58, 259–60

  Texas and, 306–7

  Thompson and, 283–84

  train tour of, 265

  and Treaty of Fort Jackson, 50, 80, 84

  Troup and, 161

  wealth of, 92, 95

  Wood and, 13–14, 15, 17–21, 22, 36, 183, 282

  Wool and, 300–301

  Worcester and, 243–44

  Jackson, Andrew, in War of 1812, 4–5, 6, 16–17, 32, 74

  army raised by, 16–17, 35

  Battle of New Orleans, 77–78, 86

  Cherokee Regiment of, 5, 24–28, 87, 124

  Creeks and, 41, 42, 44–46, 48

  establishment of, 26

  at Horseshoe Bend, 42–50, 67, 87, 123, 279

  Ridge in, 26–27, 44, 123

  Ross in, 5, 16, 22–25, 27, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 279

  Creek campaign, 14–15, 18, 20, 27–28, 35–37, 38, 39, 41, 42–45, 47–50, 285

  and feeding of troops, 27

  Horseshoe Bend battle, 42–50, 67, 70, 73, 77, 78, 80, 87, 116, 123, 148, 150, 157, 163, 239, 279, 284, 304, 307

  Jackson, Andrew, Jr., 41, 72, 99, 279

  Jackson, James (Andrew’s friend), 79, 95, 98, 100, 101, 184, 313, 339

  Jackson, James (Andrew’s son), 331

  Jackson, Rachel (Andrew’s wife), 13, 36, 37, 41, 45, 67, 71, 72, 80–81, 82, 90, 95, 99, 138, 145, 150, 152, 153

  death of, 182, 185

  first husband and remarriage to Andrew, 72, 184

  Jackson, Robert (Andrew’s brother), 69–70

  Jacksonville, 283

  Jefferson, Thomas, 31, 116, 143, 199

  Indians and, 64, 83, 236

  Jesup, Thomas, 309, 311

  Jim Crow, 270

  Jones, Evan, 325

  Judiciary Act, 257

  Junaluska, 346, 348

  Kalsatee, 2, 4

  Kendall, Amos, 174

  Kentucky, 101, 127, 140, 151, 174, 236, 239

  Kentucky Reporter, 183–84

  Ladies’ Circular, 220–21, 223–24, 225

  Lafayette, Marquis de, 134–40, 141, 143, 144–45, 156, 157, 159–67, 233, 267

  Adams and, 144–45, 159

  in American Revolution, 134, 135, 145

  Clay and, 135, 139–40

  Creeks and, 162–63, 166

  Jackson and, 145
, 167, 182

  Laffite, Jean, 77

  Lamochattee (William Weatherford), 38–39, 48–49

  Last of the Mohicans, The (Cooper), 139

  Lauderdale County, 140

  Lavender, George, 247–48

  Lee, Robert E., 38, 48–49, 138, 231–32

  Levasseur, Auguste, 143, 156, 159, 163

  Liberator, 226

  Lide, J. W., 327

  Lincoln, Abraham, 5, 138, 231, 237, 265, 269–70, 342, 343

  Emancipation Proclamation of, 341, 342

  voting rights and, 218

  Lincoln, Thomas, 138, 231

  Little Rock Central High School, 259

  Livingston, Edward, 182

  Lookout Mountain, 53

  Louisiana, 150

  Louisiana Purchase, 29

  Lowrey, George, 87, 118, 249, 304

  Lumpkin, Wilson, 225, 232, 234, 237, 238–39, 260

  Clay and, 238–39

  speech on Indian removal, 229–30, 238, 239

  Macon, 162

  Madison, James, 5, 86, 87

  Jackson’s land dealings and, 88–89, 92–93

  mail service:

  Creeks and, 233, 234

  Sunday, 185, 217

  maps, white man’s vs. Indian, 8, 29, 63–64, 108, 114, 187, 206, 235, 236, 254

  Marbury v. Madison, 250

  Marshall, John, 7, 200, 245, 255–57, 305, 341

  Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and, 247–49

  Marbury v. Madison and, 250

  portraits of, 250

  Ross and, 251

  Wirt and, 250–51

  Worcester v. Georgia and, 251–54

  Maysville Road Bill, 239, 240

  McDonald, John, 54–55, 198

  McIntosh, Chilly, 165

  McIntosh, William, 163, 164–65

  McKenney, Thomas, 122, 157, 158, 204, 205

  McLean, John, 256–57, 274

  Meacham, Jon, 350

  Meigs, Return J., 22–23, 26, 151, 152

  Melton, John, 81, 94

  Melton’s Bluff, 81, 94, 95, 96, 274

  Melville, Herman, 350

  Memphis, 73

  Menawa, 45

  Metamora, 232, 271

  Mexico, 284, 310

  Micanopy, 311

  Milledgeville, 162, 165, 247, 255, 260

  Minnesota, 204

  Mississippi, 9, 15, 29, 93, 116, 139, 150, 204, 236, 270

  Mississippi River, 55, 73, 82

  Mississippi Territory, 15, 24, 33, 34, 36, 38

  Mississippi Valley, 166

  New Madrid earthquake in, 34

  Missouri, 136, 331

  Missouri Compromise, 261

  Mobile, 166

  Mobile Bay, 22

  Mobile Register, 233

  Monroe, Elizabeth, 145

  Monroe, James, 65, 95, 135, 143

  Georgia and, 117–18

  and Jackson’s invasion of Florida, 102

  Ross and, 111, 128

  Morgan, Gideon, 24

  Morse, Samuel F. B., 134, 139

  Muscle Shoals, 2, 8, 80–84, 90–91, 92–94, 96, 98–100, 141, 231, 312–13, 339

  Muscle Shoals Company, 82

 

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