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Between 1820 and 1850 the government of Tussenland relocated between 30,000 and 40,000 Indians from the southeast and western great lakes region to west of the Mississippi bordering New Spain. This was done through a series of treaties between the Dutch government, their Iroquoian allies and private Dutch settlers and merchants as well as at least 5 incidents of forced relocation by the Dutch military. One most notable relocation occurred in 18321812 at the aftermath of the [[Cherokee wars]] where the Dutch government gave the Cherokee nation 8 months to relocate to land in present day Opdamsland (known at the time as Tussenland Indian territory). By 1845 Amerikaans had been established as a lingua franca amongst the tribes of the area many of the tribes adopted Dutch cultural practices (if they hadn't already).