The Removal of the Cherokee Nation
...ation, greed and misunderstanding. More so with racism. All of these factors show up in Jackson's message to Congress in 1830. Jackson addressed the fact that if the Indians moved out of the area then there will be no collision with the white race. He referred to them as savages, uninteresting and people of no civilization and religion, which he claimed he wished could be reversed. Choctaw Chief George W. Harkins, the leader of one of the leading tribes, in a letter to the American people, said that their movement to the west of Mississippi was not their "own voluntary acts". He did plead to have their land back in the name of justice on behalf of his people but knew it was half-impossible since they had practically no voice and were not really considered as citizens of the United States let alone humans. In his letter he reassured them that they meant no harm and that they "want rest". Then as though he knew the Supreme Court would not budge on the situation, he added that although they will be moving from the east, the west will get the same affection as the east and even more. He ended his letter saying that he hoped that they government would treat them kindly and th...