Native America, Discovered and Conquered – Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, a…

Native America, Discovered and ConqueredThomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Manifest Destiny\nAuthor(s): Robert J. Miller, Elizabeth Furse, Robert J. Miller\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: Bison Books\nISBN-13: 9780803215986, 978-0803215986\nSynopsis\nNative America, Discovered and Conquered takes a fresh look at American history through the lens of the Doctrine of Discoverythe legal basis that Europeans and Americans used to lay claim to the land of the indigenous peoples they \""discovered.\"" Robert J. Miller illustrates how the American colonies used the Doctrine of Discovery against the Indian nations from 1606 forward. Thomas Jefferson used the doctrine to exert American authority in the Louisiana Territory, to win the Pacific Northwest from European rivals, and to \""conquer\"" the Indian nations. In the broader sense, these efforts began with the Founding Fathers and with Thomas Jefferson's Corps of Discovery, and eventually.