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Show 2g By lg4o, in accordance with the removal policy most of the Indians had been removed from the frontier/ which extended from the Red River and Texas to the Great Lakes, and the new frontier was thought by many to be the last one. But the annexation in Texas in 1845, the westward migration of settlers to Oregon and California, and of the Mormons to Utah broke the frontier, trespassed on Indian lands and the government had to adjust its Indian policy to a new situation. The New Responsibility. That the administration was aware of a serious responsibility in the matter of relations with the Indians in the acquirement of Utah and the rest of the country ceded by llexico in 1S42, is shown in the report of Commissioner of Indian Affaire Medill for that year. " The fortunate termination of the war with Mexico, and the enlargement of our boundaries by the acquisition of California and Hew Mexico, will increase the number of Indians in the United States, and require the appointment of additional agents foi the the proper management of the affairs of this department. The knowledge possessed by this office of __ __ Ellison, w » . H. , Federal Indian Policy in California, pp. 36- 37; Paxson, F. L. , The Last American Frontier, pp. 33- 34. |