22. In striking contrast to the tragedies inflicted on Native Americans through the policies of President Andrew Jackson, in 1813 he adopted and raised a Creek Indian boy as his son. Which is the name of his adopted Native American son?
From Quiz President Andrew Jackson and His Times
Answer:
Lyncoya
Andrew Jackson was reluctant to adopt the Creek Indian orphan Lyncoya and bring him to Tennessee as a part of the Jackson household. He feared his wife Rachel would not accept the boy. Lyncoya died of tuberculosis at "The Hermitage" in 1828 at age 16, only a few months before Rachel Jackson died. The fears that Rachel would not receive Lyncoya into the Jackson household were unfounded as the following letters indicate.
Andrew Jackson letter to Rachel Jackson, Chickesaw Council House September 18 1816: "My Love, I have this moment recd. your affectionate letter of the 8th Instant. I rejoice that you are well & our little son [Andrew Jackson Jr.]. Tell him his sweet papa hears with pleasure that he has been a good boy & learns his Book, Tell him his sweet papa labours hard to get money to educate him, but when he learns & becomes a great man, his sweet papa will be amply rewarded for all his care, expence, & pains-how thankfull I am to you for taking poor little Lyncoya home & cloathing him-I have been much hurt to see him there with the negroes, like a lost sheep without a sheperd..."
By 1824, Lyncoya was an established member of the family.
Washington D.C., U. S. Senate, January 24 1824, To Andrew Jackson Jr: "My dear Son. Your papa has waited two weeks expecting to receive a letter from you informing him how your dear mother is, and your cousin, Andrew J. Hutchings, Lyncoya & all the family....and how health of all our friends are, all these things will be grateful to me,...believe me to be your affectionate father, Andrew Jackson." Postscript. "Tell Ly(n)coya howde for me, and say to him I expect he will be a [good] boy..."
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