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Show • J 5 of the government at civilization through the encpur - ageraent of agriculture among tho Indiano were begun. The govemmesnt ooujjht to oivllize the Indiana and protect thata againat the ag^ reeslone of tho whites, but urgency en the part of frcntieraracn, and later of otatea, for poeeeaolon of lando occupied by Indiana could not continue to be resented. John Quincy Adama voiced the growing opinion of hie tirae that the Indiana could not be allowed to hold back human progress. Co, by degreea, the removal policy bcesnie the solution of the problem after 1625. Under Monroe end Adams the reinoval wae voluntary, the consent of tho Indians being expreoaed in treaties; under Jackson it was coercive until tho Indians were finally entirely raoved west of tho Ilisaie-slppi. On July Sth, lgjS2. an aot w » e paeaod providing for the appointment by tho Preaidcnt of a commiaaionar ti. of Indian affairs, undor the Pecrotary of War. By an aot of June 30th , Itijk, the Department of Indian Affairs wae organized which provided for a Ellison, 17... H. , Foderal Indian Policy in California, Chapter I. 2 Public Statutes at Laxre of United Statea, Act of July 9. 1S52 - vol. 17, p. 564, |