Andrew Jackson, known for his disdain for Native Americans and initiating the Trail of Tears, secretly adopted and raised an Indian son, Lyncoya. Jackson had him privately educated and hoped to send him to West Point. How widespread was knowledge of Jackson's Indian son, and was it controversial?

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As a side question, did Andrew Jackson have disdain for Native Americans? The popular view of Jackson today does not match with what I've read in the primary sources and to my knowledge his actions were not fueled by a hatred of Indians, but this isn't the area I got my degree in so I would appreciate some input from a historian of the antebellum era.