Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... Court of the United States ; Rufus King , afterwards for many years Minister of the United States at the British Court ; and William Samuel Johnson , who did not leave behind him in America a man of equal learning in the Civil Law and ...
... Court of the United States ; Rufus King , afterwards for many years Minister of the United States at the British Court ; and William Samuel Johnson , who did not leave behind him in America a man of equal learning in the Civil Law and ...
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... court ; but what sort of pettifogging would this be ? The Cherokees have fully and honorably fulfilled their engagements . They have sold us , at a moderate price , three quarters of their country , comprising all the best parts of it ...
... court ; but what sort of pettifogging would this be ? The Cherokees have fully and honorably fulfilled their engagements . They have sold us , at a moderate price , three quarters of their country , comprising all the best parts of it ...
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... Court of the United States . There is but a single treaty more in this long chain of negotiations . It was executed on the 27th of Febuary , 1819 , by John C. Calhoun , then Secretary of War , for the United States , and by twelve ...
... Court of the United States . There is but a single treaty more in this long chain of negotiations . It was executed on the 27th of Febuary , 1819 , by John C. Calhoun , then Secretary of War , for the United States , and by twelve ...
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... Court of the United States long since declared , inciden- tally , that the United States are bound by treaties to the Indians . Mr. Justice Johnson said , nineteen years ago , ( 6 Cranch , p . 147 , ) " innu- merable treaties formed ...
... Court of the United States long since declared , inciden- tally , that the United States are bound by treaties to the Indians . Mr. Justice Johnson said , nineteen years ago , ( 6 Cranch , p . 147 , ) " innu- merable treaties formed ...
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... court once a year , unless called out as jurymen . We do not hunt . Not family within our bounds derives its subsistence from the chase . to our being savages , we appeal to the white men , who travel on our turnpike roads , whether ...
... court once a year , unless called out as jurymen . We do not hunt . Not family within our bounds derives its subsistence from the chase . to our being savages , we appeal to the white men , who travel on our turnpike roads , whether ...
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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 107 - 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 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 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.
Seite 50 - States, shall be of any validity, in law or equity, unless the same be made by treaty or convention, entered into pursuant to the constitution : and it shall be a misdemeanor in any person, not employed under the authority of the United States...
Seite 101 - Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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 22 - The undersigned Chiefs and Warriors, for themselves and all parts of the Cherokee nation, do acknowledge themselves and the said Cherokee nation, to be under the protection of the United States of America, and of no other sovereign whosoever...