Indian wars: Relocation across the Mississippi

After 1815 a policy of removing the indigenous population to reservations across the Mississippi River was pursued by the U.S. government with such success that by 1860 the great majority of the tribes had been relocated. Often, however, this was accomplished only after a struggle. The attempt to remove theSeminolefrom their lands in Florida resulted in a number of wars; the most notableSeminole Warinvolved the celebratedOsceola. Similarly the refusal of theSac and Foxto be removed led to theBlack Hawk Warof 1832.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Wars in the West
• Relocation across the Mississippi
• Struggles in the Northwest Territory
• Early Conflicts
• Bibliography

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