William Clark
Subtitle: Indian diplomat
By: Jay H. Buckley.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780806139111
Subjects: Clark, William, -- 1770-1838; United States; Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Indian agents -- Missouri -- Biography; Governors -- Missouri -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Relocation; Indians of North America -- Government relations; Black Hawk War, 1832
Genres: Biography.
Description: This biography focuses on Clark's tenure as Indian agent, territorial governor, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis. Responsible for one-tenth of all Indian treaties ratified by the U.S. Senate, Clark was ultimately responsible for dispossessing more Indians than perhaps any other American, even if he sympathized with the Indians' fate and felt compassion for Native peoples. This books show the immense influence that Clark had on Indian-White relations in the trans-Mississippi region and on federal Indian policy in general.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: Horse racing, emigrating, and soldiering, 1770-1803; title: The Clark and Lewis expedition, 1803-1806; title: Indian agent at St. Louis, 1806-1812; title: The War of 1812 and Governor Clark, 1813-1815; title: Creating the state of Missouri, 1816-1821; title: Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis, 1822-1828; title: The fur trade, Indian removal, and the Black Hawk War, 1829-1832; title: Reformer and statesman, 1833-1838.