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Chapter 6Indian Removal Policy-- White settlers believed that Indians stood in the way of their progress-- 1820s Isaac McCoy, Baptist minister, believed that Indians would like to live in Kansas     present idea to Sec. Of contend Calhoun-- William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs negotiated treaties (agreements) with the Kansa and Osage Indiansn     to insure move of Indians Congress passes the Indian Removal Act of 1830 n     promised the land in Oklahoma for as long as the grass grows and the rivers runn     which was until 1906     n     Trail of tears -- forced marches to insure move of Indiansn     Five civil tribesn     Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, Seminolen     Cherokee adopt republican form of govt.John Ross Cherokee leadern     Have written language (Sequoya)n      Take U.S. to court to hap landsn     Cherokee Nation v. atomic number 31n     Chief Justice John Marshall rule in favor of the Indiansn     President Andrew Jackson Hes made his decision, now lets see him enforce itn     First group of 3000 began in summer of 1838n     12,000 waited in prison house camps and traveled during the winter of 1838-1839 forced there by 7000 U.S. Troopsn     one third to one fourth died on the trail 3000 to 4000 deathsn     Conducted victimization U.S. Troopsn     n     between 1825 and 1850, 25 tribes of Indians were removed or forced to move by settlers, and cavalryn     70,000 Indians give up their homes               Cherokee Indians of Georgia      & nbsp         Shawnee and Delaware Indians of Missouri                    -- Also capital of Canada, Sac, Fox, Kickapoo, Miami, New York, and Quapaw          -- Indians did not like the climate or environment of Kansas     Settlers and Governmental officials cheated the Indians out of blankets, food, clothing, and shelter     Resale to whites or pocket money          -- Indians fought among themselves and took gain of each other     Missionaries from different tribes tried to "civilize" the Indians           -- inculcate them the white mans way and to abandon their own way of life                          Osage Mission tried to teach Christianity to the IndiansMission Neosho the first Indian mission in Kansas          even before Indian Removal Act 1824     1831 -- Shawnee Baptist Mission was started by Johnston Lykins     Jotham Meeker brought the first printing inspire to Kansas           Prints the first book in Kansas                    Ottawa Indian Laws          Ottawa University develop later at mission          -- Started Shawnee Sun (Siwinowe Kesibwi) a newspaper               -- moved to Ottawa Indians near               Franklin County                Printing hymnals, scriptures, and newspaper     1832 -- Shawnee Methodist Mission in Wyandotte County (1839) moved to Johnson County          Run by doubting Thomas Johnson until it closed in 1862Johnson County Organized in 1855. County seat, Olathe. Named for Rev. Thomas Johnson, a Methodist minister, who in 1829 established a mission among the Shawnee Indians, about eight miles southwest of Kansas City.