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ESSAY: Why did so many Native Americans in the Northwest Territory decide to accept the silver offered by Governor Cass for their land?
What is the Governor reminded them that the president had defeated them and the british in the war of 1812. The Native Americans had suffered huge losses during the war and wanted to avoid further conflict. Their allies the British were now in Canada and not their to protect them. They had also grown use to european supplies like pots and pans, guns, and needles. Jacob Smith talked them into signing the treating and Governor Cass gave him free land.