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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... obtaining additional portions of their territory . These applications were urged , not only , nor princi- pally , by the consideration of the money or presents which they were to receive in exchange , but often , and strongly , by the ...
... obtaining additional portions of their territory . These applications were urged , not only , nor princi- pally , by the consideration of the money or presents which they were to receive in exchange , but often , and strongly , by the ...
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... obtain the solemn guaranty of a powerful neigh- bor , that its rights and sovereignty shall be safe . All this is implied by a guaranty . The United States solemnly engaged to preserve and defend the Cherokees against all foreign powers ...
... obtain the solemn guaranty of a powerful neigh- bor , that its rights and sovereignty shall be safe . All this is implied by a guaranty . The United States solemnly engaged to preserve and defend the Cherokees against all foreign powers ...
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... obtained a peace for our own benefit , shall we now , merely because no human power can oppose an array of bay- onets , set aside the fundamental article , without which no treaty could ever have been made ? But I must proceed with ...
... obtained a peace for our own benefit , shall we now , merely because no human power can oppose an array of bay- onets , set aside the fundamental article , without which no treaty could ever have been made ? But I must proceed with ...
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... obtaining a site for the erection of buildings to ac- commodate their state government , sent a committee to view the point , at the junction of two beautiful rivers , the Tennessee and the Clinch . The boundary , as it then stood , ran ...
... obtaining a site for the erection of buildings to ac- commodate their state government , sent a committee to view the point , at the junction of two beautiful rivers , the Tennessee and the Clinch . The boundary , as it then stood , ran ...
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... obtaining a relinquishment to the United States of " all the right , title , interest and claim , which the ... obtain for South Carolina a small portion of mountainous country , lying at the northwest point of that State . It was ...
... obtaining a relinquishment to the United States of " all the right , title , interest and claim , which the ... obtain for South Carolina a small portion of mountainous country , lying at the northwest point of that State . It was ...
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.