1830 – The United States Congress passes the Indian Removal Act. April 6, 1832 – The Black Hawk War begins. July 9, 1832 – Commissioner of Indian Affairs post created within the War Department. August 2, 1832 – Bad Axe Massacre ends the last major Native American rebellion east of the Mississippi in the U.S. 1832 – George Catlin starts to live among the Sioux in the Dakota Territory. 1832 – The federal government establishes a smallpox vaccination program for Native Americans (The Indian Vaccination Act of 1832). July 29, 1834 – Office of Indian Affairs organized in the United States. December 28, 1835 – USA: The Second Seminole War breaks out. December 29, 1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed between the United States Government and members of the Cherokee Nation. 1835 – Fort Cass is established, the military headquarters and site of the largest internment camps during the 1838 Trail of Tears. May 19, 1836 – Fort Parker massacre: Among those captured by Native Americans is nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker; she later gives birth to a son named Quanah, who becomes the last chief of the Comanche. 1836 – George Catlin ends his 6-year tour of 50 tribes in the Dakota Territory. February 4, 1837 – Seminoles attack Fort Foster in Florida. May 26, 1838 – USA: The people of the Cherokee Nation are forcibly relocated during the Trail of Tears. Presidents December 3, 1832 – U.S. presidential election, 1832: Andrew Jackson is re-elected president. March 4, 1833 – Andrew Jackson is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States. May 6, 1833 – In Alexandria, Virginia, the first public physical attack on an American President, with Andrew Jackson struck by a disgruntled Robert B. Randolph, who was dismissed from the navy by Jackson for embezzlement. Though the assailant was immediately apprehended, Jackson decided not to press charges. March 27, 1834 – Andrew Jackson is censured by the Congress of the United States (expunged in 1837). January 30, 1835 – An assassination is attempted against President Andrew Jackson in the United States Capitol (the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States). December 7, 1835 – Future U.S. President James K. Polk becomes Speaker of the House December 4, 1836 – Whig Party holds its first national convention, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. December 7, 1836 – 1836 United States presidential election: