Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny
Miller, Robert J
2006
Presents a comprehensive history of how Thomas Jefferson's ideas of westward expansion led to America's legal basis for claiming the Pacific Northwest, the removal of native peoples from their land, and the adoption of his Doctrine of Discovery into American law.
A collection of nine personal recollections in which Native American descendents of those whose homelands were traversed by Lewis and Clark discuss how their families and tribes were impacted bythe expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific.
Presents nearly thirty firsthand accounts of the Trail of Tears by the Cherokees who were removed and the politicians, soldiers, physicians, and missionaries who were involved in their removal or aided them along the way.
Profiles the "Trail of Tears," the forced removal of five Southeastern Native American tribes to land west of the Mississippi River during the winter of 1838 and 1839.