Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana
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Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States - Charles C. Royce
Charles C. Royce
Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana
Published by Good Press, 2020
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EAN 4064066107390
Table of Contents
CHARACTER OF THE INDIAN TITLE.
INDIAN BOUNDARIES.
ORIGINAL AND SECONDARY CESSIONS.
INDEX
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Map of IndianaCHARACTER OF THE INDIAN TITLE.
Table of Contents
The social and political relations that have existed and still continue between the Government of the United States and the several Indian tribes occupying territory within its geographical limits are, in many respects, peculiar.
The unprecedentedly rapid increase and expansion of the white population of the country, bringing into action corresponding necessities for the acquisition and subjection of additional territory, have maintained a constant straggle between civilization and barbarism. Involved as a factor in this social conflict, was the legal title to the land occupied by Indians. The questions raised were whether in law or equity the Indians were vested with any stronger title than that of mere tenants at will, subject to be dispossessed at the pleasure or convenience of their more civilized white neighbors, and, if so, what was the nature and extent of such stronger title?
These questions have been discussed and adjudicated from time to time by the executive and judicial authorities of civilized nations ever since the discovery of America.
The discovery of this continent, with its supposed marvelous wealth of precious metals and commercial woods, gave fresh impetus to the ambition and cupidity of European monarchs.
Spain, France, Holland, and England each sought to rival the other in the magnitude and value of their discoveries. As the primary object of each of these European potentates was the same, and it was likely to lead to much conflict of jurisdiction, the necessity of some general rule became apparent, whereby their respective claims might be acknowledged and