初期連邦インディアン政策下における土地投機 : インディアナ北部における事例研究
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概要
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A problem of land speculation is one of the important studies in history of American land policy. Since Frederick J.Turner considered it, the land problem has been treated as one of basic elements which decided a course of development of American society. Namely according to Turner, the source of American Democracy was due to "free land" stretching in the West. He thought American people could easily get their home and chance of economic success there. But recent studies of land speculation make clear that "free land" was scarce there because of land speculation. Then the problem of it compels us to reconsider the image of course of development of American Society. This article also treats it from the point of view. The object of it, however, is not of speculation of public land but of Indian "reserve". The Federal Government had been occupied with Indian policy as one of the most important political subjects and enacted various laws under the intention of encouraging friendship and peace with Indians. The Government also enforced policy of granting "reserve" to individual Indians with the object of civilizing them. The holders of "reserve" were restricted to sell by Indian treaties. But gradually it became regarded as the object of land speculation. It was the Indian traders that executed the leading role to it. They aimed at getting promising "reserve" in conspiracy with the Indian agent who had extensive power to Indian trade. It was the policies providing cattle, agricultural implement, supply, and money in lieu of their land cession that they could do so. Consequently, Indian was good client having fund for them. They supplied a large quantity of goods in credit and could get huge profits and they reinvested thier profits in Indian "reserve" and so on. Meanwhile, Indians fell into debt to Indian traders and in return for it, they had to cede their lands to the Government and to settle west of the Mississippi. After all, what I want to say is that Federal Indian policy was system of encouraging land speculation and plundering Indian land by Indian traders.
- 社会経済史学会の論文
- 1986-02-15