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... claimed to result from a conquest of the entire country east of the Mississippi . Colden in 1727 , and Clinton in 1811 , are the prominent champions of the Iroquois pretension - the former advancing it as a matter of vital importance to ...
... claimed to result from a conquest of the entire country east of the Mississippi . Colden in 1727 , and Clinton in 1811 , are the prominent champions of the Iroquois pretension - the former advancing it as a matter of vital importance to ...
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... claimed by them in those colonies ; and they declared at this treaty , that they had conquered the several nations living on the Sus- quehannah and Potomac rivers , and on the back of the Great Mountains in Virginia . In 1754 , a number ...
... claimed by them in those colonies ; and they declared at this treaty , that they had conquered the several nations living on the Sus- quehannah and Potomac rivers , and on the back of the Great Mountains in Virginia . In 1754 , a number ...
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... claimed and sold the land on the north side of the Kentucky River . " This is a skillful statement of the grounds for the Iroquois claim , and was doubtless compiled by the learned writer from the archives of the colonies , and whatever ...
... claimed and sold the land on the north side of the Kentucky River . " This is a skillful statement of the grounds for the Iroquois claim , and was doubtless compiled by the learned writer from the archives of the colonies , and whatever ...
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... claimed to be the elder branch of the Lenape Nation , and 1 ) Gallatin's Synopsis of the Indian Tribes within the United States , east of the Rocky Mountains , and in the British and Russian Possessions of North America ; in ...
... claimed to be the elder branch of the Lenape Nation , and 1 ) Gallatin's Synopsis of the Indian Tribes within the United States , east of the Rocky Mountains , and in the British and Russian Possessions of North America ; in ...
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... claimed the sovereignty over the country between Lake Erie and the Ohio River , which was exer- cised by frequent grants and cessions hereafter to be men- tioned . Col. John Johnston , of Piqua , the well known Indian agent , says that ...
... claimed the sovereignty over the country between Lake Erie and the Ohio River , which was exer- cised by frequent grants and cessions hereafter to be men- tioned . Col. John Johnston , of Piqua , the well known Indian agent , says that ...
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Page 556 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 258 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 555 - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 257 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Page 257 - During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, "Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 556 - The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 513 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 554 - ... and return their names to Congress, one of whom, Congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term; and every five years, four months at least before the expiration of the time of service of the members of council, the said house shall nominate ten persons, qualified as aforesaid, and return their names to Congress...
Page 556 - There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession, and consent to the same...
Page 555 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the 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.