Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... rivers , which find their way to the ocean , some of them circuitously by the Mis- sissippi , and others more directly to the gulf of Mexico and the At- lantic , the Cherokees now retain less than 8,000,000 acres , of a quality far ...
... rivers , which find their way to the ocean , some of them circuitously by the Mis- sissippi , and others more directly to the gulf of Mexico and the At- lantic , the Cherokees now retain less than 8,000,000 acres , of a quality far ...
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... River Ohio , and superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern Dis- trict , who is vested with full powers for these purposes , by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States ; and the Cherokee nation , by the ...
... River Ohio , and superintendent of Indian affairs for the Southern Dis- trict , who is vested with full powers for these purposes , by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States ; and the Cherokee nation , by the ...
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... river . " This is another very curious provision , if we are to believe that the Cherokees are merely tenants at will , and the people of the United ' States the rightful owners . But upon the only tenable ground , viz . that the ...
... river . " This is another very curious provision , if we are to believe that the Cherokees are merely tenants at will , and the people of the United ' States the rightful owners . But upon the only tenable ground , viz . that the ...
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... rivers , and have been quite profitable . The word ' Father ' is repeatedly used in this document , to indicate the relation which the President of the United States held to the Cherokees as their protector from aggression , and as ...
... rivers , and have been quite profitable . The word ' Father ' is repeatedly used in this document , to indicate the relation which the President of the United States held to the Cherokees as their protector from aggression , and as ...
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... rivers , the Tennessee and the Clinch . The boundary , as it then stood , ran very near this point ; and the State ... river and Duck river , in what is now 38.
... rivers , the Tennessee and the Clinch . The boundary , as it then stood , ran very near this point ; and the State ... river and Duck river , in what is now 38.
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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...