“What is the right of the huntsman to the forest of a thousand miles over...Read More

Over 25 years her senior, Toussaint Charbonneau obtains her through either trade, a gambling payoff,...Read More

Spanish soldiers, led by Antonio Narbona, massacre 115 Indians (mostly women and children) in Canyon...Read More

Kamehameha I brings all of the Hawaiian Islands into one kingdom when King Kaumuali‘i cedes...Read More

In a letter on December 29, 1813, Thomas Jefferson writes: “This unfortunate race, whom we...Read More

Andrew Jackson is one of the leaders to attack Seminole villages in Spanish territory of...Read More

Under General John Coffee, Tennessee troops attack an unsuspecting Muscogee town, killing 186 to 200...Read More

In retaliation for the Red Stick rebellion, over 5,000 U.S. forces led by Andrew Jackson...Read More

General White and his Tennessee troops launch a surprise attack on a Muscogee village, whose...Read More

General Floyd of the Georgia militia attack a Muscogee town on the Tallapoosa River, massacring...Read More

The U.S. continues to invade old northwest tribal lands north of Ohio and around Michigan....Read More

In lands still controlled by the Spanish, U.S. forces launch an attack and burn and...Read More

In his 1818 State of the Union address, Monroe states, “Experience has clearly demonstrated that...Read More

Andrew Jackson kills Josiah Francis, who had accompanied Tecumseh in visiting the Creek, Choctaw, Cherokee,...Read More

American traders dominate the sandalwood trade. Missionaries focus on Christianizing the Hawaiian elite. Queen Ka‘ahumanu,...Read More

As Mexico declares independence from Spain, Mexico welcomes American colonists and gives them “free” land...Read More

The U.S. takes possession of Florida, having acquired the territory from Spain through the Adams-Onis...Read More

In retaliation for the killing of two colonists by Indians, colonists retaliate against an unrelated...Read More

The Supreme Court decides the first of three major cases (the Marshall Trilogy) that set...Read More

Physician Samuel George Morton, founder of physical anthropology in the U.S., actively solicits skulls and...Read More

Settlers rob and kill eight Seneca. Three of the six settlers are found guilty and...Read More

Missionaries are the first to introduce western-style formal schooling targeting adults and, later, children through...Read More

William McIntosh, a Creek chief, accepts a $25,000 bribe to sign a treaty ceding all...Read More

A posse of American Texas settlers massacre 40 to 50 Karankawa near the mouth of...Read More

Georgia creates state laws to take Cherokee lands and attempts a break-up of the Cherokee...Read More