Memoirs, official and personal

Description:

Also contained in the same book is a second volume by McKenney, entitled ***On the Origin, History, Character and the Wrongs and Rights of the Indians, with a Plan for the Preservation and Happiness of the Remnants of that Persecuted Race***. Volume 2 begins after page 340 of Volume 1. Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) was a Quaker who was appointed in 1816 by President Madison in 1816 as the “Superintendent of the United States Indian Trade with the Indian Tribes”. The account in Volume 1 opens with that appointment. He later served as the “Superintendent of Indian Affairs”, but was dismissed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830. McKenney was a strong advocate for educating Indians, and openly critical of the way they had been treated by the government.

subjects: Description and travel,  Indians of North America,  Social life and customs,  Treatment of Indians,  Government relations,  Travel,  Indians of north america, history,  United states, bureau of indian affairs,  Indian Removal, 1813-1903,  Peuples autochtones,  Relations avec l'État,  Attitudes envers les Peuples autochtones,  Déplacement, 1813-1903,  Descriptions et voyages

People: Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859)

Places: North America,  United States