Essays on the present crisis in the condition of the Americian Indians; first publ. in the National intelligencer, under the signature of William Penn1829 |
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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 . 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 . 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 ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acknowledged admitted agree 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 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 peace and friendship 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 82 - In the establishment of these relations the rights of the original inhabitants were, in no instance, entirely disregarded, but were necessarily, to a considerable extent, impaired. They were admitted to be the rightful occupants of the soil, with a legal as well as just claim to retain possession of it, and to use it according to their own discretion...
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 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 28 - ... the United States will from time to time furnish gratuitously the said nation with useful implements of husbandry, and further to assist the said nation in so desirable a pursuit, and at the same time to establish a certain mode of communication, the United States will send such, and so many persons to reside in said nation as they may judge proper, not exceeding four in number, who shall qualify themselves to act as interpreters. These persons shall have lands assigned by the Cherokees for cultivation...
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 a seisin in fee on the part of the state.
Seite 29 - If any citizen or inhabitant of the United States, or of either of the territorial districts of the United States...
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 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.