Question

100 points!! HURRY PLEASE!!!

February 16, 1835

My Children:

I am sorry to have heard that you have been listening to bad counsel. You know me, and you know that I would not deceive, nor advise you to do anything that was unjust or injurious. Open your ears and attend to what I shall now say to you. They are the words of a friend, and the words of truth.

The white people are settling around you. The game has disappeared from your country. Your people are poor and hungry. All this you have perceived for some time.

My Children, I have never deceived, nor will I ever deceive any of the red people. I tell you that you must go, and that you will go. Even if you had a right to stay, how could you live where you are now? You have sold all your country. You have not a piece as large as a blanket to sit down upon. What is to support yourselves, your women, and children? The tract you have ceded will soon be surveyed and sold, and immediately afterwards will be occupied by a white population. You will soon be in a state of starvation. You will commit depredations upon the property of our citizens. You will be resisted, punished, perhaps killed. Now is it not better peaceably to remove to a fine, fertile country, occupied by your own kindred, and where game is yet abundant? The annuities payable to you, and the other stipulations made in your favor, will make your situation comfortable, and will enable you to increase and improve. If, therefore, you had a right to stay where you now are, still every true friend would advise you to remove. But you have no right to stay, and you must go …

You shall be comfortably taken care of, and kindly treated on the road, and when you arrive in your new country, provisions will be issued to you for a year, so that you can have ample time to provide for your future support.

But lest some of your rash young men should forcibly oppose your arrangements for removal, I have ordered a large military force to be sent among you … If you listen to the voice of friendship and truth, you will go quietly and voluntarily. But should you listen to the bad birds that are always flying about you, and refuse to move, I have then directed the commanding officer to remove you by force. This will be done. I pray the Great Spirit, therefore, to incline you to do what is right.

Your Friend
A. Jackson

- What is the purpose of this letter

- In what ways was Jackson telling the truth

Answer 1

1. The purpose of this letter is to inform a group of people (presumably Native Americans) that they must relocate to a new area. The letter is written by President Andrew Jackson and is addressed to "My Children." The letter explains that the white people are settling around them, the game has disappeared from their country, and they are poor and hungry. Jackson asserts that he has never deceived them and that it is better for them to remove to a new area, where they will be taken care of and where game is still abundant.

2. In this letter, Jackson is telling the truth about the white people settling around them and the disappearance of the game from their country. He also acknowledges that the people are poor and hungry. Jackson's statement that he has never deceived them could be interpreted as true, but it's hard to confirm it with historical context and the letter is written from his perspective. His assertion that they will be taken care of and kindly treated in the new area could also be true, but again, it's hard to confirm it with historical context.