A Century of Dishonor: A Sketch of the United States Government's Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes |
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... tion ready to our hand are neither wanting nor weak . The great difficulty with the Indian problem is not with the Indian , but with the Government and people of the United States . Instead of a liberal and far - sighted policy looking ...
... tion ready to our hand are neither wanting nor weak . The great difficulty with the Indian problem is not with the Indian , but with the Government and people of the United States . Instead of a liberal and far - sighted policy looking ...
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... tion of these principles . " Each discovering Power might regulate the relations be- tween herself and the Indians ; but as to the existence of the Indians ' “ right of occupancy , " there was absolute unanimity among them . That there ...
... tion of these principles . " Each discovering Power might regulate the relations be- tween herself and the Indians ; but as to the existence of the Indians ' “ right of occupancy , " there was absolute unanimity among them . That there ...
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... tion , by declaring treaties already made , as well as those to be made , to be the supreme law of the land , has adopted and sanctioned the previous treaties with the Indian nations , and consequently admits their rank among those ...
... tion , by declaring treaties already made , as well as those to be made , to be the supreme law of the land , has adopted and sanctioned the previous treaties with the Indian nations , and consequently admits their rank among those ...
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... by the proprietary and royal governments , and a still greater portion by the States of the Union after the Revolu- * United States vs. Clark , 9 Peters , 168 . tion , were made for lands within the Indian hunting INTRODUCTORY . 15.
... by the proprietary and royal governments , and a still greater portion by the States of the Union after the Revolu- * United States vs. Clark , 9 Peters , 168 . tion , were made for lands within the Indian hunting INTRODUCTORY . 15.
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... tion , were made for lands within the Indian hunting - grounds . North Carolina and Virginia , to a great extent , paid their of- ficers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War by such grants , and extinguished the arrears due the army by ...
... tion , were made for lands within the Indian hunting - grounds . North Carolina and Virginia , to a great extent , paid their of- ficers and soldiers of the Revolutionary War by such grants , and extinguished the arrears due the army by ...
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