JacksonClay The consequences of a speedy removal will be important to the United States, to individual States, and to the Indians themselves. . . . It will place a dense and civilized population in large tracts of country now occupied by a few savage hunters. –President Andrew Jackson, 1830 What belief did the two men share about American Indians? American Indians are important to the growth of the United States. The cultures and traditions of American Indians are very rich. The laws of American Indians should serve as a model for US government. American Indians are not civilized or educated in the ways of the world.