Federal Indian Relations 1774-1788

"The management of Indian affairs was one of the many problems that faced the new American government at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Whether the states or the confederation should assume the responsibility for dealing with the tribes was an unsettled question, also there were such problems as the control of Indian trade and the purchase of their lands. These had · presented many difficulties for the British government and were to prove themselves equally troublesome for the American Congress. " - Excerpt from Preface