Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... to the past , the Cherokees have immemorial occupancy ; as to the future , they have a perfect right to occupy their country indefinitely . " What can they desire more ? garded as a separate community from ours , having a 10.
... to the past , the Cherokees have immemorial occupancy ; as to the future , they have a perfect right to occupy their country indefinitely . " What can they desire more ? garded as a separate community from ours , having a 10.
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... desire to secure permanent peace to the parties , founded on the acknowledgment of their mutual rights . Are the people of the United States unwilling to give a fair , candid , and natural construction to a treaty thus made ? I might ...
... desire to secure permanent peace to the parties , founded on the acknowledgment of their mutual rights . Are the people of the United States unwilling to give a fair , candid , and natural construction to a treaty thus made ? I might ...
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... desire to engage in the pursuit of agriculture and civ- ilized life , in the country they then occupied ; " that the nation at large did not partake of this desire ; that the upper towns wished , therefore , for a division of the ...
... desire to engage in the pursuit of agriculture and civ- ilized life , in the country they then occupied ; " that the nation at large did not partake of this desire ; that the upper towns wished , therefore , for a division of the ...
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... desire to remain on this side of the Mississippi , " and that they wish to commence those measures which they deem necessary to the civilization and preservation of their nation ; " they therefore offer to cede to the United States a ...
... desire to remain on this side of the Mississippi , " and that they wish to commence those measures which they deem necessary to the civilization and preservation of their nation ; " they therefore offer to cede to the United States a ...
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... desire that the historian , who shall write a hundred years hence , may be enabled to say the same thing . It can never be truly said , however , that Georgia has not repeatedly , within a few years past , threatened to take the lands ...
... desire that the historian , who shall write a hundred years hence , may be enabled to say the same thing . It can never be truly said , however , that Georgia has not repeatedly , within a few years past , threatened to take the lands ...
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acknowledged admitted agree America binding bound boundary ceded cession character chartered limits Chero Cherokee chiefs Cherokee country Cherokee nation Chickasaws chiefs and warriors Choctaw citizens civilized claim colony commissioners Congress consent consideration Court Creek nation declared doctrine engagements executed extinguished faith Geor Georgia Governor granted guaranty hunting grounds independent Indian title individuals inhabitants jurisdiction justice king king of England lands law of nations legislature legislature of Georgia M'Intosh manner ment Mississippi nation of Indians negotiated neighbors never occupancy Oglethorpe parties peaceably possession preamble present President and Senate principles protection punishment ratified reasonable regard remain remove respect Secretary Secretary of War seisin settlements settlers six nations soil solemn South Carolina sovereignty stipulations Tennessee territory tion tract treaty of Holston treaty of Hopewell treaty of Tellico TREATY OF WASHINGTON treaty-making power tribes of Indians United Washington whites William Blount words
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 101 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Seite 102 - That the United States shall, at their own expense, extinguish, for the use of Georgia, as early as the same can be peaceably obtained, on reasonable terms...
Seite 59 - And we do further declare it to be our royal will and pleasure, for the present as aforesaid, to reserve under our sovereignty, protection and dominion, for the use of the said Indians...
Seite 44 - When this party shall have found a tract of country suiting the emigrants, and not claimed by other Indians, we will arrange with them and you the exchange of that for a just portion of the country they leave, and to a part of which, proportioned to their numbers, they have a right.
Seite 12 - The ninth article is in these words: "for the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of injuries or oppressions on the part of the citizens or Indians, the United States, in congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with the Indians, and managing all their affairs, as they think proper.
Seite 18 - Whereas the people of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio...
Seite 94 - We ought not, therefore, to separate the science of public law from that of ethics, nor encourage the dangerous suggestion that governments are not so strictly bound by the obligations of truth, justice, and humanity, in relation to other powers, as they are in the management of their own local concerns.
Seite 83 - It has never been contended, that the Indian title amounted to nothing. Their right of possession has never been questioned. The claim of government extends to the complete ultimate title, charged with this right of possession, and to the exclusive power of acquiring that right.
Seite 60 - Within the limits of the united States, as defined by the treaty of 1783...
Seite 101 - ... her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.