Question

i have long suspected that the cherokees were our secret enemies. that while we were treating them with kindness, they were holding dark councils. these suspicions are now reduced to absolute proof. the treachery...of the cherokees have been fully discovered. the cherokees can no longer remain among us. i hope they will go in peace and return no more for we have no wish to shed the blood of these men.
-texas indian papers, vol. i, 1839

____20. which texas president would have expressed this view?

a. stephen f. austin
b. anson jones
c. sam houston
d. mirabeau b. lamar

Explanation:

This view reflects a hostile stance toward the Cherokee, advocating their removal from Texas. Mirabeau B. Lamar, as Texas president, pursued aggressive policies of Native American removal, in contrast to Sam Houston's more conciliatory approach, and the other figures did not hold this hardline removalist position.

Answer:

D. Mirabeau B. Lamar