What promises were kept in the Indian Removal Act?
1st. For an addition to the country already assigned to you west of the Mississippi, and for the conveyance[1] of the whole of it, by patent[2], in fee simple[3]. And also for the security of the necessary political rights, and for preventing white persons from trespassing upon you.
2nd. For the payment of the full value to each individual, of his possession in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and Tennessee.
3rd. For the removal, at the expense of the United States, of your whole people; for their subsistence[4] for a year after their arrival in their new country, and for a gratuity[5] of one hundred and fifty dollars to each person.
4th. For the usual supply of rifles, blankets, and kettles.
5th. For the investment of the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, in order to secure a permanent annuity[6].
6th. For adequate provision[7] for schools, agricultural instruments, domestic animals, missionary establishments, the support of orphans, &c.
7th. For the payment of claims[8].
8th. For granting pensions[9] to such of your people as have been disabled in the service of the United States.