James K. Polk Quotes


Our relations with the various Indian tribes continue to be of a pacific character.


Citations

Polk, James K. "Second Annual Message." A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, edited by James D. Richardson, vol. 4, Government Printing Office, 1897, p. 504.

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The Iroquois were generally recognized, even by the other tribes and nations, and the most advanced and most powerful of the Native Americans. Their example was critical in shaping the policies and behavior of all the Indians. At the time “Western” Indians referred to those in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and those West of the Eastern seaboard. West Coast and Plains Indians were not known generally known to the colonists and those nations had no knowledge of the Iroquois. Johnson himself married an Iroquois woman.


James K. Polk
James K. Polk
  • Born: November 2, 1795
  • Died: June 15, 1849
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was Speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and Governor of Tennessee (1839–1841). A protégé of Andrew Jackson, he was a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate of Jacksonian democracy. Polk is chiefly known for extending the territory of the United States through the Mexican–American War; during his presidency, the United States expanded significantly with the annexation of the Republic of Texas, the Oregon Territory, and the Mexican Cession following the American victory in the Mexican–American War.