Who wrote that he hoped that the purchase of Louisiana would lead to the transplanting of all the Indians from east of the Mississippi to west of the Mississippi?

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Thomas Jefferson wrote in a letter to William Henry Harrison in 1803, "I sincerely wish that all the Indians east of the Mississippi were at the Rocky Mountains, furnished with horses and guns, and that the whole of that country were open to our emigrants." This statement reflects Jefferson's belief in westward expansion and the removal of Native American populations from land claimed by white settlers.

Who Wrote That He Hoped That the Purchase of Louisiana