The Rise and Fall of Indian Country, 1825-1855 - Hardcoverby William E. Unrau (Author) The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act of 1834 represented what many considered the ongoing benevolence of the United States toward Native Americans, establishing a congressionally designated refuge for displaced Indians to protect them from exploitation by white men. Others came to see it as a legally sanctioned way to swindle them out of their land. This first book length study of "Indian country" focuses on Section 1 of