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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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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

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

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