US Presidency
1848

They represent that the proud and powerful tribes of Indians residing in their vicinity have recently raised the war whoop and crimsoned their tomahawks in the blood of their citizens; that they apprehend that many of the powerful tribes inhabiting the upper valley of the Columbia have formed an alliance for the purpose of carrying on hostilities against their settlements; that the number of the white population is far inferior to that of the savages; that they are deficient in arms and money, and fear that they do not possess strength to repel the attack of so formidable a foe and protect their families and property from violence and rapine.