 | Jedidiah Morse - Indians of North America - 1822 - 512 pages
...history upon earth." Indian Titles. — JQ Adams? plea., before the Supreme Court of the United States. " What is the Indian Title ? It is mere occupancy for...the soil itself. It is overrun by them, rather than inhahed. It is not a true and legal possession. Vattel 6. 1 . § 8 1 p. 37. and §209. 6. 2. p. 96.... | |
 | Adam Hodgson - Canada - 1824 - 492 pages
...of the woods ?" Indian Titles. — JQ Adam*? Plea, before the Supreme Court of the United States. " What is the Indian Title ? It is mere occupancy for...true and legal possession. Vattel, b. 1. § 81 p. 87. and § 209, b. 2. p. 96. Montesquieu, b. 18. c. 12. Smith's Wealth of Nations, b. 5. c. 1. It is... | |
 | William Wirt - Funeral sermons - 1826 - 690 pages
...What is Ike Is ' .-u ctie ? It B mere occupancy for the purpose of hunting. It is aoc Lie ocr tenure?; they have no idea of a title to the soil itself. It is oiertm by them, rarher than inhabited. It is not a true and legal possesscn. ' Ve:iel, b. I. * SI.... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1830 - 592 pages
...Adams, in the argument of the cause of Fletcher and Peck, before the Supreme Court, describes it as ' mere occupancy for the purpose of hunting. It is not...itself. It is overrun by them, rather than inhabited.' In accordance with this view, the ultimate dominion of the soil was asserted, by the European powers,... | |
 | Josiah Conder - Canada - 1830 - 360 pages
...not to bar the progress of civilization. It is not a true and legal possession like our tenures, for they have no idea of a title to the soil itself; it is, therefore, a right not to be transferred, but extinguished ; but, till legitimately extinguished, their... | |
 | Josiah Conder - North America - 1830 - 362 pages
...not to bar the progress of civilization. It is not a true and legal possession like our tenures, for they have no idea of a title to the soil itself; it is, therefore, a right not to be transferred, but extinguished ; but, till legitimately extinguished, their... | |
 | Isaac McCoy - History - 1840 - 632 pages
...the owners of the countries they inhabited, and to this agree text books on laws of this nature : " What is the Indian title ? It is mere occupancy for...inhabited. It is not a true and legal possession. It is a right not to be transferred, but extinguished. It is a right regulated by treaties, not by... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 866 pages
...extends to lands to which the Indian title has not l>een extinguished. What is the Indian title? It is a mere occupancy for the purpose of hunting. It is not...possession. (Vattel, b. 1, § 81, p. 37, and § 209; b. 2, £ 97; Montesquieu, b. 18, c. 12; Smith's Wealth of Nations, b. 5, c. 1.) It is a right not to... | |
 | John Robison Cartwright - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 798 pages
...the Indian title was a mere occupancy for CODBT thc purpose of hunting. It is not like our tenure, they have no idea of a title to the soil itself. It is overrun by them rather than Burton,_.f. A- inhabited. Citing Vattel, c. 1, ss. 81 and 209, bk. 2, sect. 97 ; Montesquieu, bk. 18,... | |
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What is the Indian title? It is a mere occupancy for the purpose of hunting. It is not like our tenures; they have no idea of a title to the soil itself. It is overrun by them, rather than inhabited. It is not a true and legal possession. 
