List of Documents

Logan's Lament

Jefferson's Denial of an Interest in Western Lands

Jefferson's Instructions to Lewis and Clark Regarding Indians

Lewis and Clark's Nineteen Categories

Lewis and Clark's Account of the Mandans

Jefferson on Native American Religions

Gabrielle DuPont's Springtime Visit to a Seneca Reservation

Jefferson on Theories about the Mound-Builders

Jefferson's Plan to Study Indian Antiquity through Languages

Jefferson's Loss of His Papers in the James River

Henry Knox's Policy of Purchasing Indian Land

Henry Knox's Civilization Policy

David Zeisberger's Regulations of Indian Life at Goshen

John Heckewelder's Description of the Perfidy of Whites

Crevecoeur's Description of Poverty on the Frontier

John Kirk's Lament

Constantin Volney's Description of Drunkenness among Indians

Jefferson's Policy of Civilization and Assimilation

Billy Patterson's Message to the President

Further Instructions from Jefferson to Lewis and Clark

Jefferson's Proposed Constitutional Amendment

James Wilkinson's Views on Removal

Jefferson on Western Secession

Jefferson on Meriwether Lewis's Failure to Write

William Henry Harrison on Selling Alcohol to Indians

Old Tassel's Protest of Land Cessions and Civilization

Jefferson on the Shawnee Prophet

Jefferson's Remarks on the Cherokee Grammar

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