About this Book

"This clear, concise, and systematic account of federal Indian policy and the usually ineffective attempts to enforce it will be valuable to students of both frontier history and public administration. Beginning with an analysis of colonial and imperial precedents and the experience of the Confederation period, the author proceeds to tell of the Topsylike growth of Indian administration within the War Department and to analyze topically the development of a program for regulating trade and intercourse between the two races"--American Historical Review