In the 1830s and 1840s, americans sought to drive indians of the mississippi.

west of the Mississippi. As a part of colonialization Americans wanted to get rid of Indian inhabiting the continent. They wanted to confine them to smaller reservations. Americans also aimed at expelling them from there to take advantages of the mounds they built

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.