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... council , will be all sufficient ; and an Indian police , limited in number , will suffice to give efficiency and force to them ; and thus order will be preserved . Then , Congress should , in good faith , by appropriate legislation ...
... council , will be all sufficient ; and an Indian police , limited in number , will suffice to give efficiency and force to them ; and thus order will be preserved . Then , Congress should , in good faith , by appropriate legislation ...
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... councils governing these colonies to pro- vide that " the true word and service of God , according to the rites and ... Council established at Plymouth , in the county of Devon , for the Planting , Ruling , Ordering , and Governing of ...
... councils governing these colonies to pro- vide that " the true word and service of God , according to the rites and ... Council established at Plymouth , in the county of Devon , for the Planting , Ruling , Ordering , and Governing of ...
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... council chamber . There was sus- pended on the wall a fine picture of William Penn , and to it the governor referred in his speech in an appropriate manner . This delegation was some time in the city , and , some days after the ...
... council chamber . There was sus- pended on the wall a fine picture of William Penn , and to it the governor referred in his speech in an appropriate manner . This delegation was some time in the city , and , some days after the ...
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... council chamber , where our fathers have often conversed together , several things struck our attention very forcibly . When you told us this was the place in which our fathers often met on peaceable terms , it gave us sensible pleasure ...
... council chamber , where our fathers have often conversed together , several things struck our attention very forcibly . When you told us this was the place in which our fathers often met on peaceable terms , it gave us sensible pleasure ...
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... council on the Delaware , and to the treaty made with his ancestors by the United States , at Fort Pitt , when the " thirteen fires ( the United States ) were young ( 1778 ) , and the pledge of the Indians to aid and assist by sup ...
... council on the Delaware , and to the treaty made with his ancestors by the United States , at Fort Pitt , when the " thirteen fires ( the United States ) were young ( 1778 ) , and the pledge of the Indians to aid and assist by sup ...
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Page 60 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never 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 xxiv - I, in virtue of the commission of his Majesty which I hold in my hand, and which may be seen by all whom it may concern, have taken, and do now take, in the name of his Majesty and of his...
Page 35 - 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...
Page 118 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 36 - Indians within those parts of our colonies where we have thought proper to allow settlement ; but that if at any time any of the said Indians should be inclined to dispose of the said lands, the same shall be purchased only for us, in our name, at some public meeting or assembly of the said Indians, to be held for that purpose by the governor or commander-in-chief of our colony respectively within which they shall lie...
Page 35 - 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 as aforesaid.
Page 102 - If the principle involved in the obvious answer to these questions be abandoned, it will follow that the objects of this government are reversed, and that it has become a part of its duty to aid in destroying the States which it was established to protect.
Page 74 - And in consideration of the peace now established ; of the goods formerly received from the United States ; of those now to be delivered ; and of the yearly delivery of goods now stipulated to be made hereafter ; and to indemnify the United States for the injuries and expenses they have sustained during the war...
Page 14 - I send are of the same mind, and shall, in all things, behave themselves accordingly ; and, if in anything any shall offend you or your people, you shall have a full and speedy satisfaction for the same, by an equal number of just men on both sides; that by no means you may have just occasion of being offended against them.
Page 35 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest ; or upon any lands whatever, which, not having been ceded to or purchased by us, as aforesaid, are reserved to the said Indians, or any of them.