MINISTER LOUIS CASS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE NATIVE AMERICANS (1832-1836)

Abstract

The research shows the policy of US Secretary of War Louis Cass towards the Native American tribes, after a failed attempt by the American administration to integrate them into American society (the settlers). Since they have become a source of threat to the settlers, deliberately followed a policy of forced deportation towards them and removed them from their lands to the east of the Mississippi River, some tribes opposed that policy, while the rest agreed to hate, then the US administration promised them to compensate them with new lands suitable for cultivation and housing, in addition to distributing funds to ensure their livelihood, by making agreements to encourage them to migrate, during the deportations, an epidemic of smallpox broke out among the Indian tribes, sparked fear among the Americans, the epidemic spread very quickly, prompted the American administration to quarantine those tribes. Minister Cass also asked the US Congress to provide financial expenditures, in order to conduct a vaccination program in the Indian agencies, minister Cass has been given authority to disburse them, but very little money was spent on the vaccination program, the rest was money for geographical survey and the search for new lands in order to obtain furs and trade. The research was divided into two sections, the first explained the deportation policy towards the Native Americans, the second highlighted the first vaccination experience in the United States of America for Native Americans.