Andrew Jackson: “The tribes which occupied the countries now constituting the Eastern…”

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The tribes which occupied the countries now constituting the Eastern States were annihilated or have melted away to make room for the whites.

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Democratic · Tennessee

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Jackson notes the annihilation of tribes in the Eastern States to make way for white settlers.

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