Protecting the Frontier

Obstacles to Removal / Stokes Commission

    It was hard to get the citizens of the five
civilized tribes to move to Indian Territory.
They had to leave their homes and friends
where they had lived for many generations.

    Obstacles to Removal
    1.  they didn't want to go!!
    2.  Indian Territory was not safe, Osage
        and Comanche Indians were fierce.

    -
    3.  Federal Government had no legal
        jurisdiction to remove a group of people.

    Indian Removal Act  1830

this law formalized the
removal of eastern tribes
and strengthened the
authority of the U.S.
government in carrying
out the program.
 
  Watch Cherokee and Marshall  6 min video

Stokes Commission  Map 1828-1907

Three commissioners led by Montfort Stokes were
to settle the problems
 that were delaying the removal of the eastern
 Indians.
    1.  The commission set up headquarters @ Ft. Gibson
    2.  Washington Irving,

 Charles Latrobe, and Count Albert de Pourtales were also in the group
   

   3.  Senecas were assigned extreme NE corner
    4.  Quapaws east of the Grand River
    5.  Osages moved to territory in Kansas

    6.  Contact western Indians  and get them
        to accept the 5 civilized tribes as neighbors
    7.  Station more troops @ Ft. Gibson,
Ft. Smith and other garrisons along the rivers

  

  To impress the western Indians the First Dragoon Regiment was assigned the mission.

Artist
George Catlin accompanied the expedition
    1.  the heat took its toll, many cavalry  men died along the way  
           

2.  In 1835 western
 Indians came to Camp
 Mason and signed a
peace treaty

Watch George Catlin told by Charles Banks Wilson 3.1 min video:

Photo Credits:     

   Native Nations  on the page: naoglobal.com/1830.html

Montfort Stokes    Chronicles of Ok.  Volume 13, No. 1 on page: digital.library.okstate.edu/.../ v013p100.html

Charles Latrobe         on the page: www.curriculum.edu.au/.../ biographies/latrobe.htm

Washington Irving:   on the page: www.rain.org/global-garden/ sleepyhollow.html

George Catlin        Smithsonian Magazine on the page: www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/.../ catlin_jpg.html
                            on the page: www.byu.edu/.../150years/ 820050400.html
                            THE BEAR DANCE on the page: www.gilcrease.org/ List-3.html

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.