Humane Treatment of Removal Indians: Military Officers

Dr. Daniel Littlefield

Dr. Daniel Littlefield readily acknowledges that the military officers who accompanied the Chickasaws on removal as the most humane, and he contrasts them with the civilian employees who worked the removals.

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Historical Focus of Chickasaw Removal

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