Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... authorities , lest we act in such a manner as to expose ourselves to the judgments of Heaven . I would have omitted this topic , if I thought that a majority of read- ers would regard its introduction as a matter of course , or as a ...
... authorities , lest we act in such a manner as to expose ourselves to the judgments of Heaven . I would have omitted this topic , if I thought that a majority of read- ers would regard its introduction as a matter of course , or as a ...
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... authorities of any or all of the States situated in the neighborhood of the Cherokees . Against such an attempt , the Indians would have been protected by the faith of the Confederated Republic . This remark is made simply for the sake ...
... authorities of any or all of the States situated in the neighborhood of the Cherokees . Against such an attempt , the Indians would have been protected by the faith of the Confederated Republic . This remark is made simply for the sake ...
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... authority ; and they were bound by this treaty to do , what by the laws of nations they would not have been bound to do , that is , to deliver up criminals for punishment . Neither the United States , I nor any particular State , had ...
... authority ; and they were bound by this treaty to do , what by the laws of nations they would not have been bound to do , that is , to deliver up criminals for punishment . Neither the United States , I nor any particular State , had ...
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... authority of the United States . Again this treaty was negotiated by George Walton , a citizen of Georgia , in whom that State reposed great confidence , and by Thomas Butler , commanding the troops of the United States , in the State ...
... authority of the United States . Again this treaty was negotiated by George Walton , a citizen of Georgia , in whom that State reposed great confidence , and by Thomas Butler , commanding the troops of the United States , in the State ...
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... they refuse to be bound by the plainest and most solemn engagements , deliberately formed , ratified , acted upon , confirmed , ratified again and again by the highest authority of our re- public ? How can it for a moment be apprehended 34.
... they refuse to be bound by the plainest and most solemn engagements , deliberately formed , ratified , acted upon , confirmed , ratified again and again by the highest authority of our re- public ? How can it for a moment be apprehended 34.
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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 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...