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| List of Illustrations and Maps | |
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| Overview | |
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| Documents | |
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| Treaties | |
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| Treaty of Greenville, August 3, 1795 | |
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| Treaty of Fort Jackson, August 9, 1814 | |
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| Second Treaty of Indian Springs, February 12, 1825 | |
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| Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, September 27, 1830 | |
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| Treaty of New Echota, December 29, 1835 | |
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| Contemporary Views of Indians | |
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| Customs and Character of Carolina Indians, 1709 | |
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| Andrew Jackson Describes Indians, 1793 | |
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| James Fenimore Cooper Describes Indians | |
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| The Indian Perspective | |
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| "Logan's Lament" | |
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| Cornplanter, Big Tree, and Half-Town to George Washington, 1790 | |
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| Corn Tassel Protests White Plans, 1785 | |
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| Red Jacket on Land Cessions and Removal, 1811 | |
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| Tecumseh to William Henry Harrison, 1810 | |
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| Indians Do Not Break Treaties, 1815 | |
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| Constitution of the Cherokee Nation, 1827 | |
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| Cherokee Phoenix, Statement of Purpose, 1828 | |
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| First Blood Shed by the Georgians, 1830 | |
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| A Seminole Describes White-Indian Relations, 1841 | |
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| Public Statements and Government Policy | |
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| Thomas L. McKenney's Annual Report, November 17, 1829 | |
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| John Eaton and the Cherokees, 1829 | |
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| Andrew Jackson Calls for Removal, 1829 | |
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| Edward Everett Opposes Indian Removal, 1830 | |
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| Henry G. Lamar Supports Indian Removal, 1830 | |
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| Indian Removal Act of 1830 | |
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| Commissioner of Indian Affairs Elbert Herring Describes Removal as Humane, 1831 | |
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| Cherokee Nation v. State of Georgia, 1831 | |
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| Worcester v. State of Georgia, 1832 | |
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| The Ordeal of Removal | |
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| Indians Resolve to Remain on Their Lands, 1827 | |
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| Cherokee Anger, 1830 | |
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| Missionaries at Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1830 | |
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| A Choctaw Farewell, 1832 | |
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| A White Samaritan on the Choctaw Trek, 1832 | |
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| Squatters Take Over Creek Farms, 1832 | |
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| Stealing Land from Creeks, 1835 | |
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| Black Hawk's Farewell, 1835 | |
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| Removed Creeks Travel West, 1836 | |
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| Cherokees Are Urged to Comply, 1837 | |
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| The Dictates of Conscience, 1837 | |
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| Osceola Unbowed, 1834 | |
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| Slavery and the Seminole War, 1841 | |
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| Interpretations | |
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| Andrew Jackson's Indian Policy: A Reassessment | |
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| Abuse of Power: Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act of 1830 | |
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| Suggested Readings | |
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| Index | |