The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, Volume 7Charle C. Little and James Brown, 1848 - Law |
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... territory on this continent , we perceive a complete recognition of the principle which has been mentioned . The right of discovery given by this com- mission is confined to countries " then unknown to all Christian people ; " and of ...
... territory on this continent , we perceive a complete recognition of the principle which has been mentioned . The right of discovery given by this com- mission is confined to countries " then unknown to all Christian people ; " and of ...
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... territory in America , have carried on , and held with each other . The contests between the cabinets of Versailles and Madrid , respecting the territory on the northern coast of the gulf of Mexico , were fierce and bloody and continued ...
... territory in America , have carried on , and held with each other . The contests between the cabinets of Versailles and Madrid , respecting the territory on the northern coast of the gulf of Mexico , were fierce and bloody and continued ...
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... territories of France . By the 20th article of the same treaty , Spain ceded Florida , with its dependencies , and all the countries she claimed east or south - east of the Mississippi , to Great Britain . Great part of this territory ...
... territories of France . By the 20th article of the same treaty , Spain ceded Florida , with its dependencies , and all the countries she claimed east or south - east of the Mississippi , to Great Britain . Great part of this territory ...
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... territory on this continent , have asserted in themselves , and have recognised in others , the exclusive right of the discoverer to appropriate the lands occupied by the Indians . Have the American States rejected or adopted this ...
... territory on this continent , have asserted in themselves , and have recognised in others , the exclusive right of the discoverer to appropriate the lands occupied by the Indians . Have the American States rejected or adopted this ...
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... territory in question . This territory , though claimed by both nations , was chiefly in the actual occupation of Indians . The magnificent purchase of Louisiana , was the purchase from France of a country almost entirely occupied by ...
... territory in question . This territory , though claimed by both nations , was chiefly in the actual occupation of Indians . The magnificent purchase of Louisiana , was the purchase from France of a country almost entirely occupied by ...
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affixed their seals America annuity Auguste Chouteau bands behalf boundary line Capt cession Cherokee nation chiefs and head chiefs and warriors Chippewa citizens claim concluded contracting parties Creek nation Delawares delivered Eel River Fox tribes further agree granted hereby cede hereunto set Indian Agent Indian names Indiana Territory Interpreter Ioway James John Joseph Lake lands ceded Lewis Cass Lieut Lord one thousand mark and seal Miami Miami tribe miles square Mississippi Missouri mouth names are subjoined nation of Indians Ninian Edwards Osage nation paid peace and friendship persons Piankeshaws present Proclamation ratified relinquish Sacs and Foxes section of land Seneca set their hands stipulated subjoined a mark Tennessee river territory testimony whereof thence thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred tion tract of land treaty treaty of Greenville tribe of Indians tribe or nation undersigned chiefs United United States agree Wabash river William Clark Wyandot
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Page 187 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Page 9 - The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent, political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil, from time immemorial; with the single exception of that imposed by irresistible power, which excluded them from intercourse with any other European potentate, than the first discoverer of the coast of the particular region claimed : and this was a restriction which those European potentates imposed on themselves, as well...
Page 9 - The condition of the Indians in relation to the United States is perhaps unlike that of any other two people in existence. In general, nations not owing a common allegiance are foreign to each other. The term foreign nation is, with strict propriety, applicable by either to the other. But the relation of the Indians to the United States is marked by peculiar and cardinal distinctions which exist no where else.
Page 77 - In witness whereof the Said William Hauser, Emanuel Hauser, Elisha Harper & his wife Mary & Alexander Hauser have hereunto Set their hands and affixed their Seals the day and year first above written.
Page 39 - ... there shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States of America and all the individuals composing the Cherokee nation.
Page 498 - Senate of the United States for its constitutional action thereon, the Senate did, on the twentyfifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, advise and consent to the...
Page 88 - Connecticut land company, and by the company incorporated by the name of " the proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of lake Erie...
Page 25 - 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...
Page 15 - Buffalo creek, on lake Erie ; thence south, to the north boundary of the State of Pennsylvania ; thence west, to the end of the said north boundary ; thence south...
Page 109 - Indians of the said tribes a full indemnification for any horses, or other property which may be stolen from them, by any of their citizens ; Provided, that the property so stolen cannot be recovered, and that sufficient proof is produced that it was actually stolen by a citizen of the United States. Art. 6. If any citizen of the United States, or any other white person, should...