Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... treaty of Holston ? The title and preamble were quoted in my last number . The title begins thus : " A treaty of peace and friendship . " What is a treaty ? It is a compact between independent communities , each party 19.
... treaty of Holston ? The title and preamble were quoted in my last number . The title begins thus : " A treaty of peace and friendship . " What is a treaty ? It is a compact between independent communities , each party 19.
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... independent community ; nor can it make a treaty , either with the nation at large , or with any foreign power . But the Indian tribes and nations have made treaties with the United States during the last forty years , till the whole ...
... independent community ; nor can it make a treaty , either with the nation at large , or with any foreign power . But the Indian tribes and nations have made treaties with the United States during the last forty years , till the whole ...
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... independent republic ; " and yet it has not half so many people , nor the three hundredth part so much land , as the Cherokee nation now has . 66 It has been said , indeed , that the Indians , being an uncivilized people , are not to be ...
... independent republic ; " and yet it has not half so many people , nor the three hundredth part so much land , as the Cherokee nation now has . 66 It has been said , indeed , that the Indians , being an uncivilized people , are not to be ...
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... independent of the superior . In other words , it retains all the rights , which it has not surrendered . This is the dic- tate of common sense , and is decisively stated by Vattel . What is to be understood by the Cherokees being under ...
... independent of the superior . In other words , it retains all the rights , which it has not surrendered . This is the dic- tate of common sense , and is decisively stated by Vattel . What is to be understood by the Cherokees being under ...
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... independent State ? Is there any thing that looks this way ? Not a word ; not a syllable ; not the most dis- tant hint . While it is asserted in various forms , and implied more than a hundred times over , that the Cherokees were a ...
... independent State ? Is there any thing that looks this way ? Not a word ; not a syllable ; not the most dis- tant hint . While it is asserted in various forms , and implied more than a hundred times over , that the Cherokees were a ...
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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
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Seite 12 - The United States in congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article ; of sending and receiving ambassadors; entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states...
Seite 101 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is in 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 101 - Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way: and all the people shall say, Amen.
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 81 - Gillet, a commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, head men and warriors of the several tribes of New York Indians assembled in council...
Seite 51 - The majority of the court is of opinion that the nature of the Indian title, which is certainly to be respected by all courts, until it be legitimately extinguished, is not such as to be absolutely repugnant to seizin in fee on the part of the State.
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 45 - And it is further stipulated, that the treaties heretofore between the Cherokee nation and the United States are to continue in full force with both parts of the nation, and both parts thereof entitled to all the immunities and privilege which the old nation enjoyed under the aforesaid treaties; the United States reserving the right of establishing factories, a military post, and roads, within the boundaries above defined.
Seite 18 - Whereas the people of the territory of the United States south of the river Ohio...
Seite 101 - Wherefore, that here we may briefly end, 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...