Essay On Western Indians

The treatment of Native Americans has been a struggle since the founding of the United States of America; however, following the American Revolution, the life of a number of tribes was even more threatened by the new government. The Western Indians’ “Message to the Commissioners of the United States” informs readers of the goals of the United States and the goals of their own tribes. The Western Tribes reveal that the policy and treaties with the United States were about taking the land from the Western Indians, and conversely, the tribes’ goals were to keep their land and to finally attain peace. Following the American Revolution, various American Indians that resided on the east coast were affected by the outcome of the war. Territory

Even before the United States took charge of the lands, the Native Americans mentioned that they had never made an agreement with the King of England or any other nation. They saw themselves as a free people and felt that it was their choice whether to cede their land to anyone or not. From the perspective of the tribes responsible for the message, they had the rights to own the land because it was theirs to begin with. No one had the right to take from them; nevertheless, one of the goals that the Americans had was to expand on their holdings in their country. The United States did this purchasing through physically having treaties signed stating that the land would become part of the new Country. As written in the Treaties of Fort Stanwix and McIntosh, the land within the United States which was once owned by local Indians would now be owned by the United States. For this new country it would be important to control the land that they inherited from the war. Second, the United States would purchase the land from the tribes to add to their already growing territory. In the “Message to the