Indian Education and Civilization: A Report Prepared in Answer to Senate Resolution of February 23, 1885U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 - 693 pages |
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... lands the Indians shall be possessed of by order of this or other ensuing As- semblyes , such land shall not be alienable by them the Indians to any man de futuro , for this will putt vs to a continuall necessity of allotting them new lands ...
... lands the Indians shall be possessed of by order of this or other ensuing As- semblyes , such land shall not be alienable by them the Indians to any man de futuro , for this will putt vs to a continuall necessity of allotting them new lands ...
Page 108
... Land Office would be intrusted , namely : Under our system of Revolutionary and military bounties and land warrants , as well as under treaties and reservations with Indian tribes , many questions arise in relation to our public lands ...
... Land Office would be intrusted , namely : Under our system of Revolutionary and military bounties and land warrants , as well as under treaties and reservations with Indian tribes , many questions arise in relation to our public lands ...
Page 127
... lands in the Territories of Orleans or Louisiana before the boards of commissioners established by the act entitled ' An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land within the Territory of Orleans and the district ...
... lands in the Territories of Orleans or Louisiana before the boards of commissioners established by the act entitled ' An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land within the Territory of Orleans and the district ...
Page 129
... to dispose of the said lands , the same shall be purchased only for us , in our name . * # * 1 American Archives , 4th series , Vol . 1 , col . 174 . S. Ex . 95-9 ( 4 ) The right to regulate trade and license LAND TENURE . 129.
... to dispose of the said lands , the same shall be purchased only for us , in our name . * # * 1 American Archives , 4th series , Vol . 1 , col . 174 . S. Ex . 95-9 ( 4 ) The right to regulate trade and license LAND TENURE . 129.
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... land on any river , lake , bayou , or water - course would pro- mote the public interest , he may direct the surveyor - general in whose district such land is situated , and where the change is intended to be made , to cause the lands ...
... land on any river , lake , bayou , or water - course would pro- mote the public interest , he may direct the surveyor - general in whose district such land is situated , and where the change is intended to be made , to cause the lands ...
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Page 139 - And if any conveyance shall be made of the lands set apart and allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the same, before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void...
Page 135 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 139 - 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 129 - And We do further declare it to be Our Royal Will and Pleasure, for the Present as aforesaid, to reserve under Our Sovereignty, Protection, and Dominion for the Use of the said Indians, all the Lands and Territories not included within the Limits of Our said Three New Governments, or within the Limits of the Territory granted to the Hudson's Bay Company, as also all the Lands and Territories lying to the Westward of the Sources of the Rivers which fall into the sea from the West and North West...
Page 270 - ... the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employees 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 131 - United States, then, have unequivocally acceded to that great and broad rule by which its civilized inhabitants now hold this country. They hold, and assert in themselves, the title by which it was acquired. They maintain, as all others have maintained, that discovery gave an exclusive right to extinguish the Indian title of occupancy, either by purchase or by conquest...
Page 269 - Indians herein named, and for such other friendly tribes or individual Indians as from time to time they may be willing, with the consent of the United States, to admit amongst them...
Page 139 - ... that the United 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...
Page 239 - 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 134 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories, may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have...