...The Indians, in general, receding further and further to the West, have retained their savage habits. A portion, however, of the Southern tribes, having mingled much with the whites, [have] made some progress in the arts of civilized life."14 The issue of the extent to which the Indians...

...the Indians in general, receding farther and farther to the west, have retained their savage habits. A portion, however, of the Southern tribes, having...over the Indians, which induced the latter to call upon the United States for protection. Under these circumstances the question presented was whether...

...promised to bring the long-desired Indian exile to fruition. "A portion ... of the Southern tribes have attempted to erect an independent government within the limits of Georgia and Alabama," he said. "The question presented was whether the General Government had a right to sustain those people...

...conflicts between governments, real and pretended. "A portion . . . of the Southern tribes," he argues, "having mingled much with the whites and made some...over the Indians, which induced the latter to call upon the United States for protection" (47). The threatening term "mingling" indicates the racial logic...

...the legal theory espoused in the Georgia resolutions of December 1827. The Cherokees and Creeks had "attempted to erect an independent government within the limits of Georgia and Alabama," he averred. Under the Constitution, the United States could not countenance the creation of new states...