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Written in the months after the passage of the Indian Removal Act, Robert Simerwell's letter to Brother Goodridge relates his feelings regarding the treatment of the Native Indians by "individuals of the Government" of the United States. Simerwell, obviously angered by the treatment of Native Indians, states that "the impositions practised by individuals on the Indians are incredible, only by custom are they made to bear it, it would appear strange to you to see a white man enter a store and purchase cloth at 25 cents a yard, and an Indian immediately enter who could not get it short of 37 cents."
Creator: Simerwell, Robert, 1786-1868
Date: October 26, 1830
Item Number: 219198
Call Number: Robert Simerwell Coll. #500, Box 2 Correspondence and reports, 1803 September-October
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219198
Collections - Manuscript - Simerwell, Robert W.
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries - Carey Mission
Date - 1830s - 1830
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land - Indian Removal Act
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Missions - Carey Mission
People - Notable People - Simerwell, Robert
Places - Other States - Michigan - Carey Mission
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854 - Michigan Territory
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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