Documents

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) -- Supreme Court ruling on status of Indians under the Constitution.
• Worcester v. Georgia (1832) -- Supreme Court ruling on state jurisdiction over Indian lands.
• Andrew Jackson on the Necessity of Indian Removal (1835) -- summary of arguments for relocating Eastern tribes in the West.
• Declaration of the People of Texas (1835) -- Texans take up arms against Santa Anna's dictatorship but hesitate to break free of Mexico.
• Stephen F. Austin in defense of Texas independence (1836) -- review of the causes for rebellion against Mexican rule.
• Texas Declaration of Independence (1836) -- a new nation emerges in the midst of battle. (At the Lone Star Junction)
• Letters and Journals of Narcissa Whitman (1836 - 1847) -- crossing the continent and mission life at Waiilatpu.
• Catherine Sager, Across the Plains in 1844 -- the Sager children become orphans on the Oregon Trail and victims of a massacre at the Whitman mission.
• Cayuse Request for a Material Witness (1851) -- On trial for the Whitman Massacre, Tiloukaikt and his fellow defendants reveal the motives for their crime. (From Echoes of Oregon)
• Congressional Resolution for Texas Annexation (1845)
• The Oregon Treaty (1846)
• Declaration of War with Mexico (1846) -- Polk's message to Congress.
• Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848)

Images

	2.1 Joe Meek in mountain man costume		2.2 Stephen F. Austin
	2.3 A daguerreotype of Sam Houston from Matthew Brady's studio		2.4 A daguerreotype of Sam Houston from Matthew Brady's studio
	2.5 Rabbit Skin Leggings, a member of the Nez Percé group that came to St. Louis in 1832 in quest of the "black book" they had heard would give them power. Portrait by George Catlin		2.6 No Horns on His Head, another member of the Nez Percé group that came to St. Louis in 1832 in quest of the "black book" they had heard would give them power. Portrait by George Catlin
	2.7 An 1836 map showing the Indian Territory set aside for removal of eastern tribes to the West, with their designated reservations marked		2.8 A daguerreotype of a tipi in Indian Territory in the 1840s
	2.9 A contemporary portrait of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints		2.10 A Mormon wagon train on its way to Utah, photographed by C. W. Carter in 1879
	2.11 Covered wagons preparing to ford a stream on the Oregon Trail		2.12 Missouri traders arrive in Santa Fe on the Santa Fe Trail
	2.13 Santa Fe in 1848, after the United States victory in the Mexican War		2.14 Troops in the mountains north of Buena Vista during the Mexican War
	2.15 President James Knox Polk, architect of American expansion in the 1840s