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肯塔基州國會議員針對在1812年戰爭中喪失軍人的遺孀與子女、提出撫卹金的解決方案 Resolution from Kentucky's Congress regarding payments to the widows and orphans of soldiers in the War of 1812
肯塔基州國會議員針對在1812年戰爭中喪失軍人的遺孀與子女、提出撫卹金的解決方案 Resolution from Kentucky's Congress regarding payments to the widows and orphans of soldiers in the War of 1812

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從蹄鐵灣(Horseshoe Bend)到「淚水小徑」(Trail of Tears)
From Horseshoe Bend to the Trail of Tears

安德魯傑克森和他的妻子瑞秋(Rachel)、在一場對抗克裡克族的戰役中、領養了一位克裡克族印地安男孩作為養子,他們對他非常好,但在其他方面來說,傑克森對待美洲印地安人的方式卻相當殘暴、具毀滅性。這段歷史開始於1813年,傑克森帶領民兵對抗克裡克族印地安人,英國軍隊找來克裡克族以及其他種族的美洲印地安人幫助他們、在1812年的戰爭中襲擊南方邊境。為什麼傑克森會立即出兵對抗克裡克族印地安人?

Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel, adopted and raised a Creek Indian boy orphaned from one of Jackson's own military campaigns against the Creeks. They treated him kindly. Yet in other ways, Jackson's relations with Native Americans were violent and destructive. This history started in 1813, when Jackson was given command of a group of militia in the field to fight the Creek Indians. The British had gotten the Creeks and other Native Americans to help them threaten the Southern frontier during the War of 1812. Why was Jackson suddenly called into action against the Creeks?

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