Elimination of the Indians from Mississippi TerritoryUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1923 - 146 pages |
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Abel Adams agreed agreement Alabama American State Papers Andrew Annual Report asked August authority become believed boundary called ceded cession Cherokee Chickasaw chiefs Choctaw citizens civilization claimed Coffee Colonel commissioners Congress consent considered Constitution Coosa council Creek delegation desired east eastern emigration exchange extended extinguished favor finally Florida force friendly Gaines Georgia Government Governor granted ground half held Historical hostile Ibid idea Indian Affairs influence instructions interest issued Jackson James Jefferson John land laws Letter limits March means Mississippi move negotiate Niles occupancy October Office opposed opposition present President promised protect Public refused Register remain removal Richardson river Secretary secure sent September settle settlements side signed stick Tennessee territory thousand tion titles told towns tract treaty tribes U. S. Statutes United Washington western wish York
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Page 3 - No Indian nation or tribe, within the territory of the United States, shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power, with whom the United States may contract by treaty...
Page 2 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states; providtd, that the legislative right of any state, within its own limits, be not infringed or violated...
Page 37 - Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such ratification ; and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations, respectively, all the possessions, rights, and privileges which they may have enjoyed or been entitled to in one thousand eight hundred and eleven, previous to such hostilities...
Page 12 - It puts an end to all possible danger of collision between the authorities of the General and State Governments on account of the Indians. It will place a dense and civilized population in large tracts of country now occupied by a few savage hunters.
Page 8 - My impression is equally strong that it would promote essentially the security and happiness of the tribes within our limits if they could be prevailed on to retire west and north of our States and Territories on lands to be procured for them by the United States, in exchange for those on which they now reside.
Page 9 - Mobile. In this progress, which the rights of nature demand, and nothing can prevent, marking a growth rapid and gigantic, it is our duty to make new efforts for the preservation, improvement, and civilization of the native inhabitants.
Page 12 - The consequences of a speedy removal will be important to the United States, to individual states, and to the Indians themselves. The pecuniary advantages which it promises to the Government are the least of its recommendations.
Page 11 - It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government and the feelings of our people.
Page 12 - States; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way, and under their own rude institutions; will retard the pro. gress of decay, which is lessening their numbers; and perhaps cause them gradually, under the protection of the Government, and through the influence of good counsels, to cast off their savage habits, and become an interesting, civilized, and Christian community.
Page 32 - You will please, sir, to communicate these terms to the friendly Indians, and to enjoin them, in the prosecution of the war against such as may continue hostile, to abstain carefully from injuring those who may be returning, with the intention of making their submission. You may likewise inform them that the United States will not forget their fidelity; but, in the arrangements which may be made of the lands to be retained as indemnity, their claims will be respected; and such of their chiefs as...