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Page 110
... claims for indebtedness incurred by the Indian Office directly ; also , is charged with the inves tigation of all claims arising on account of depredations by Indians , and making report upon the same to the Department . This division ...
... claims for indebtedness incurred by the Indian Office directly ; also , is charged with the inves tigation of all claims arising on account of depredations by Indians , and making report upon the same to the Department . This division ...
Page 111
... claims to compensation therefor , and to damages , direct and consequential resulting therefrom ; all claims for arrears of pay , pensions , and bounty claims by reason of the military service of In- dians pass through this division ...
... claims to compensation therefor , and to damages , direct and consequential resulting therefrom ; all claims for arrears of pay , pensions , and bounty claims by reason of the military service of In- dians pass through this division ...
Page 124
... claim thereto . ( Sec . 3. ) To tribes exchanging their lands the United States will forever guaranty to them and ... claiming such improve- ments . Upon such payment , possession not to be again permitted to any of the same tribe ...
... claim thereto . ( Sec . 3. ) To tribes exchanging their lands the United States will forever guaranty to them and ... claiming such improve- ments . Upon such payment , possession not to be again permitted to any of the same tribe ...
Page 127
... claim to such tract or tracts of land , and that he does not occupy the same by virtue of any claim or pretended claim derived , or pretended to be de- rived , from any other person or persons : And provided also , That in all cases ...
... claim to such tract or tracts of land , and that he does not occupy the same by virtue of any claim or pretended claim derived , or pretended to be de- rived , from any other person or persons : And provided also , That in all cases ...
Page 130
... claim to retain possession of it , and to use it according to their own discretion ; but their rights to complete sovereignty , as independent nations , were necessarily diminished , and their power to dispose of the soil at their own ...
... claim to retain possession of it , and to use it according to their own discretion ; but their rights to complete sovereignty , as independent nations , were necessarily diminished , and their power to dispose of the soil at their own ...
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Page 130 - But as they were all in pursuit of nearly the same object, it was necessary, in order to avoid conflicting settlements, and consequent war with each other, to establish a principle which all should acknowledge as the law, by which the right of acquisition, which they all asserted, should be regulated as between themselves. This principle was, that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects or by whose authority it was made, against all other European governments, which title might be...
Page 134 - In the said territories, property of every kind, now belonging to Mexicans not established there, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guarantees equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.
Page 136 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 133 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights and liberty, they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 475 - States does and will hold the land thus allotted, for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs...
Page 135 - And in the event of any person or persons, captured within Mexican territory by Indians, being carried into the territory of the United States, the government of the latter engages and binds itself in the most solemn manner, so soon as it shall know of such captives being within...
Page 243 - States, to admit amongst them; and the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents and employes of the government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon or reside in the territory described in this article...
Page 23 - We, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God...
Page 141 - That upon the completion of said allotments, and the patenting of the lands to said allottees, each and every member of the respective bands or tribes of Indians to whom allotments have been made shall have the benefit of and be subject to the laws; both civil and criminal, of the State or Territory in which they may reside...
Page 593 - ... conditioned that the tract shall not be aliened or leased for a longer term than two years; and shall be exempt from levy, sale, or forfeiture, which conditions shall continue in force, until a State constitution, embracing such lands within its boundaries, shall have been formed, and the legislature of the State shall remove the restrictions.