Essays on the Present Crisis in the Condition of the American IndiansPerkins & Marvin, 1829 - 112 Seiten |
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... original right has been modified by treaties fairly made , and fully understood at the time of signing . But how far such a modification may have taken place , or whether it has taken place at all , these persons admit themselves to be ...
... original right has been modified by treaties fairly made , and fully understood at the time of signing . But how far such a modification may have taken place , or whether it has taken place at all , these persons admit themselves to be ...
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... original title to the lands they occupy , which title they have never forfeited nor alienated , their rights cannot be affected by the charters of kings , nor by the acts of provincial legislatures , nor by the compacts of neighboring ...
... original title to the lands they occupy , which title they have never forfeited nor alienated , their rights cannot be affected by the charters of kings , nor by the acts of provincial legislatures , nor by the compacts of neighboring ...
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... Original extent of their country - Its present extent The mere claims of one party cannot affect the rights of another party- Necessity of examining treaties . In my first number I prepared the way to inquire , What right have the ...
... Original extent of their country - Its present extent The mere claims of one party cannot affect the rights of another party- Necessity of examining treaties . In my first number I prepared the way to inquire , What right have the ...
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... original possessors ; a right which is allowed in all countries to be of incontestible validity . We assert , therefore , that no human power can lawfully compel us to leave our lands . " If the Cherokees are correct in their statement ...
... original possessors ; a right which is allowed in all countries to be of incontestible validity . We assert , therefore , that no human power can lawfully compel us to leave our lands . " If the Cherokees are correct in their statement ...
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... original foundation of every other title . Every reader of Blackstone knows this to be the fact . As to the past , the Cherokees have immemorial occupancy ; as to the future , they have a perfect right to occupy their country ...
... original foundation of every other title . Every reader of Blackstone knows this to be the fact . As to the past , the Cherokees have immemorial occupancy ; as to the future , they have a perfect right to occupy their country ...
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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...