The following is from a speech given in 1826 by Elias Boudinot, a Cherokee who was educated at a school in a predominantly White community.The Cherokees have advanced far and rapidly in civilization. But there are yet powerful obstacles, both within and without, to be surmounted in the march of improvement. . . . In defiance, however, of these obstacles, the Cherokees have improved and are rapidly improving . . . . At this time [on Cherokee lands] there are 22,000 cattle; 7,600 horses; 46,000 swine; 2,500 sheep; 762 looms; 1,488 spinning wheels; 172 wagons; 2,948 plows; 10 sawmills; 31 grist mills; 62 blacksmith shops; 8 cotton machines; 18 schools; 18 ferries; and a number of public roads. In one district there were, last winter, upward of 1,000 volumes of good books . . .Boudinot made certain assumptions about American Indian "advances." What piece of legislation is based on similar assumptions?
