June 22, 1830

Sam Houston, who had lived among the Cherokee in Arkansas Territory, wrote the first of a series of five letters to the Arkansas Gazette regarding the status of the removal of tribes. These letters, which attack the activities of Indian agents, constitute the first defense of Native American rights and exposure of government corruption by a well-known Westerner.

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