Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... force , there will be no motive for retaining these .. of To every application made for their lands within the last ten years , the Cherokees have said , " We are not disposed to sell any more . We have betaken ourselves to an ...
... force , there will be no motive for retaining these .. of To every application made for their lands within the last ten years , the Cherokees have said , " We are not disposed to sell any more . We have betaken ourselves to an ...
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... force - The Old Congress had the power to make treaties - Argument of the Secretary of War - Meaning of the phrases to give peace , and to allot . The title of the treaty to which I referred in my last number , is in these words ...
... force - The Old Congress had the power to make treaties - Argument of the Secretary of War - Meaning of the phrases to give peace , and to allot . The title of the treaty to which I referred in my last number , is in these words ...
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... force , on account of its having been abro- gated by a subsequent war , and its not being expressly recognized in any subsequent treaty . Mr. White admits that treaties are not , as a matter of course , abro- gated by war ; but he ...
... force , on account of its having been abro- gated by a subsequent war , and its not being expressly recognized in any subsequent treaty . Mr. White admits that treaties are not , as a matter of course , abro- gated by war ; but he ...
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... force which could then have been sent , would have fared worse than the army of St. Clair did , in a far less dangerous field , nine years afterwards . The Cherokees could not have set up for nice verbal critics of the English language ...
... force which could then have been sent , would have fared worse than the army of St. Clair did , in a far less dangerous field , nine years afterwards . The Cherokees could not have set up for nice verbal critics of the English language ...
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... force the only arbiter . St. Marino , in Italy , is described in our best gazetteers as a small but independent republic ; " and yet it has not half so many people , nor the three hundredth part so much land , as the Cherokee nation now ...
... force the only arbiter . St. Marino , in Italy , is described in our best gazetteers as a small but independent republic ; " and yet it has not half so many people , nor the three hundredth part so much land , as the Cherokee nation now ...
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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.