Test: AP US History

“A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers here on its bank. These soldiers cut down my timber; they kill my buffalo; and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting; I feel sorry.”

- Santana, Chief of the Kiowas, 1867

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What is the likely cause of the author's woes?

war declared on the Kiowas by the US government after a spate of brutal attacks on settlers

soldiers passing through Indian territory on their way to aid the United States fight in the Spanish-American War

settlers pushing to expand the United States westward, disrupting the Native Americans' traditional way of life

the forced relocation of the Kiowa at the behest of President Andrew Jackson

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