The Rise and Fall of Indian Country, 1825-1855 - William E. Unrau - Bog

The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act of 1834 represented what many considered the ongoing benevolence of US toward Native Americans, establishing a designated refuge for displaced Indians to protect them from exploitation by white men. This book focuses on Section 1 of the 1834 Act to show that this legislation was ineffectual from the beginning.