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1814: Andrew Jackson promises friendship to Choctaw, Cherokee

Choctaw and Cherokee Indians fight for General Andrew Jackson to defeat the Creek Indians in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Alabama. After the battle, Jackson tells the Cherokee chief Junaluska, “As long as the sun shines and the grass grows there shall be friendship between us, and the feet of the Cherokee shall be toward the East.” But soon Jackson will rise to national political leadership and reverse his policy, setting the stage for the forced removal of these tribes, and others, from their homelands.

Theme
Federal-Tribal Relations
Region
Southeast

Andrew Jackson, by Ralph Earl, ca. 1820

Courtesy The Hermitage: Home of President Andrew Jackson, Nashville, TN