Why American Indians Enlisted
Lack of observance of post-removal treaties and policies by the United States government
Bitter and angry regarding the forced removal from their ancestral lands (1830) and fought from further land loss and removal
Some owned slaves and wanted to protect their social and economic systems
For adventure and to earn money
To remain independent on their lands; economic and tribal survival
Bitter and angry regarding the forced removal from their ancestral lands (1830) and fought from further land loss and removal
Some owned slaves and wanted to protect their social and economic systems
For adventure and to earn money
To remain independent on their lands; economic and tribal survival
Mohican Stockbridge-Munsee Indians sworn into the US Army
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society