-IN-

RELATION TO THE WHITE POPULATION

-OF THE-

UNITED STATES

-BY-

FAYETTE AVERY MCKENZIE

THESIS

PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT

OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE

OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

CALIFORN

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR

COLUMBUS, OHIO

1908

"LET US TREAT WITH THE UTMOST KINDNESS AND THE MOST PERFECT JUSTICE THE ABORIGINES WHOM PROVIDENCE HAS COMMITTED TO OUR GUARDIANSHIP. LET US CONFER UPON THEM, IF WE CAN, THE INESTIMABLE BLESSINGS OF CHRISTIANITY AND CIVILIZATION; AND THEN, IF THEY MUST SINK BENEATH THE PROGRESSIVE WAVE, WE ARE FREE FROM ALL REPROACH, AND STAND ACQUITTED IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND MAN."

On the Memorial to Congress to aid the Cherokee to migrate to Indian Territory.

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DEDICATED TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF

HARRIET AND STUART