United States. Dept. of Indian Affairs.

Indian removal to an Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River became an explicit policy during the administration of President Andrew Jackson. A number of treaties were negotiated whereby tribes agreed to give up their lands in the East and move west. All the treaties contained provisions for compensating the Indians for their land and property. The actual work of removal was assigned to the Office of the Commissary General of Subsistence in the War Department, but private companies manged some of the removals.

From the description of Records Relating to Indian Removal. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122456526