Book/Printed Material Indian land cessions in the United States, Part 2 of 2
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Image 1 of Part 2 of 2 56th Congress, 1st Session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Document No. 736. EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1896–97 BY J. W. POWELL DIRECTOR… -
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Image 3 of Part 2 of 2 521 INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES COMPILED BY CHARLES C ROYCE WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CYRUS THOMAS U. S. Senate Library DEC 30 1901 Washington, D. C. -
Image 4 of Part 2 of 2 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 3 MAY 08 1992 COPY GEOGRAPHY & MAP DIVISION -
Image 5 of Part 2 of 2 523 CONTENTS Page Introduction, by Cyrus Thomas 527 Right to the soil dependent on discovery 527 Foreign policy toward the Indians 538 The Spanish policy 539 The French policy 545 The English… -
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Image 7 of Part 2 of 2 525 LIST OF MAPS Number Plate CVIII. Alabama 1 CIX. Alabama (northern portion) 2 CX. Arizona 1 3 CXI. Arizona 2 4 CXII. Arkansas 1 5 CXIII. Arkansas 2 6 CXIV. California… -
Image 8 of Part 2 of 2 526 CLII. New Mexico 2 45 CLIII. New Mexico and Texas (detail) 46 CLIV. New York 47 CLV. North Carolina, portion of 48 CLVI. Ohio 49 CLVII. Ohio (detail) 50 CLVIII. Oregon… -
Image 9 of Part 2 of 2 527 INDIAN LAND CESSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES By Charles C Royce INTRODUCTION By Cyrus Thomas PROPERTY OF UNITED STATES SENATE LIBRARY. RIGHT TO THE SOIL DEPENDENT ON DISCOVERY Among the various… -
Image 10 of Part 2 of 2 528 opinion of the United States Supreme Court1 is so full and decisive on this point that a summary of the statements therein contained will dispense with the necessity of furnishing proof… -
Image 11 of Part 2 of 2 529 complete sovereignty, as independent nations, were necessarily diminished, and their power to dispose of the soil at their own will, to whomsoever they pleased, was denied by the original fundamental principle… -
Image 12 of Part 2 of 2 530 Great part of New England was granted by this company, which at length divided their remaining lands among themselves; and, in 1635, surrendered their charter to the crown. A patent was… -
Image 13 of Part 2 of 2 531 all claim, not only to the government, but to the “propriety and territorial rights of the United States,” whose boundaries were fixed in the second article. By this treaty, the powers… -
Image 14 of Part 2 of 2 532 humanity demands, and a wise policy requires, that the rights of the conquered to property should remain unimparied; that the new subjects should be governed as equitably as the old, and… -
Image 15 of Part 2 of 2 533 because they had obtained the Indian title otherwise than through the agency of government. The very grant of a charter is an assertion of the title of the crown, and its… -
Image 16 of Part 2 of 2 534 This is repeated in section 12 of the act of May 19, 1796, entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve peace on the… -
Image 17 of Part 2 of 2 535 However, as will be seen when allusion is made to the policy of the nations in their dealings with the Indians, there was some difference in regard to the extent of… -
Image 18 of Part 2 of 2 536 lands of the natives under their care and protection. Bozman,1 who expresses this doubt, bases it on the following considerations: 1 History of Maryland, p. 569. First, it is not a… -
Image 19 of Part 2 of 2 537 the howlings of the tiger and the wolf silence forever the voice of human gladness? Shall the fields and the valleys which a beneficent God has framed to teem with the… -
Image 20 of Part 2 of 2 538 now supports more than a million families, would be assigned to 1,025 lordly savages. It is apparent, therefore, that the requirements of the human race and the march of civilization could… -
Image 21 of Part 2 of 2 539 THE SPANISH POLICY Although the cruelty of the Spaniards in their treatment of the Indians during the conquest of Mexico and Central America is proverbial, yet an examination of the laws… -
Image 22 of Part 2 of 2 540 not molested nor injured in their person or property; We command that in all cases, and on all occasions, when it shall be proposed to institute an inquiry, whether any injury… -
Image 23 of Part 2 of 2 541 ordinances, in procuring such illegal contracts to be annulled. And we command the Viceroys, Presidents, and Audiences to grant them their assistance for its entire execution.— Lib. IV, tit. 12, law… -
Image 24 of Part 2 of 2 542 The same idea appears to be embraced in law 18, lib. 4, tit. 12, given above; also in the following sections in the “Regulations of intendant Morales regarding grants of land:”… -
Image 25 of Part 2 of 2 543 by the United States, directly or indirectly, from Spain. However, as West Florida was a dependency of Louisiana, which most of the time had its own government, and East Florida was… -
Image 26 of Part 2 of 2 544 It would appear from this that when the law was complied with, those desiring lands which were in possession of the Indians were required to purchase them from the tribe. This… -
Image 27 of Part 2 of 2 545 no instance is known where such permission has ever been refused or withheld. These sales were passed before the Commandant of the District, and were always good and valid, without any… -
Image 28 of Part 2 of 2 546 these present letters and forever, all the lands, coasts, ports, havens, and islands which compose our province of Louisiana, in the same way and extent as we have granted them to… -
Image 29 of Part 2 of 2 547 at S t . Mary of the Sault. On the 4 th of June, of the same year, fourteen tribes by their ambassadors repaired thither, and in their presence and that… -
Image 30 of Part 2 of 2 548 exact obedience from all the people of said Countries, inviting them by all the most lenient means possible to the knowledge of God, and the light of the Faith and of… -
Image 31 of Part 2 of 2 549 Colbert, writing to Talon, April 6, 1666, says: In order to strengthen the Colony in the manner you propose, by bringing the isolated settlements into parishes, it appears to me, without… -
Image 32 of Part 2 of 2 550 the investigator is somewhat surprised to find (except so far as they relate to the Dominion of Canada and near the close of the government rule over the colonies) the data… -
Image 33 of Part 2 of 2 551 slightest intimation that any portion of this territory was occupied by natives. There is, however, a proviso that the grant is not to include any lands “actually possessed or inhabited by… -
Image 34 of Part 2 of 2 552 A “Deed from the Five Nations to the King, of their Beaver Hunting Ground,” made at Albany, New York, July 19, 1701. This, which is somewhat peculiar, is as follows:1 1… -
Image 35 of Part 2 of 2 553 of English and nations of Indians have since upon their request been admitted into the same. Wee say upon these and many other good motives us hereunto moveing have freely and… -
Image 36 of Part 2 of 2 554 Sinnekes Cayouges & onnondages) Ratify Confirme Submit and Grant unto Our Most Sovereign Lord George by the grace of God King of Great Brittain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith… -
Image 37 of Part 2 of 2 555 indicated a Disposition to do them all possible justice upon this head of Complaint than those hostilities which had produced such horrid scenes of devastation ceased, and the Six Nations and… -
Image 38 of Part 2 of 2 556 approved by him. As these indicate a reform in the system which had prevailed, they are given here: Draft of an Instruction for the Governors of Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, New… -
Image 39 of Part 2 of 2 557 received Our further directions therein; And it is Our further Will and Pleasure that you do forthwith cause this Our Instruction to you to be made Publick not only within all… -
Image 40 of Part 2 of 2 558 That the management of Indian affairs was at last taken out of the hands of at least the governor of New York appears from a letter of Lieutenant-Governor Colden to the…
About this Item
Title
- Indian land cessions in the United States,
Names
- Royce, Charles C., 1845-1923
- Thomas, Cyrus, 1825-1910
Headings
- - Indian land transfers--United States
- - Indians of North America--Government relations
- - United States
Notes
- - United States Serial Set Number 4015 contains the second part of the two-part Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-1897. (Part one is printed in United States Serial Set Number 4014.) Part two, which was also printed as House Document No. 736 of the U.S. Serial Set, 56th Congress, 1st Session, features sixty-seven maps and two tables compiled by Charles C. Royce, with an introductory essay by Cyrus Thomas. The tables are entitled: Schedule of Treaties and Acts of Congress Authorizing Allotments of Lands in Severalty and Schedule of Indian Land Cessions. The Schedule of Indian Land Cessions subtitle notes that it "indicates the number and location of each cession by or reservation for the Indian tribes from the organization of the Federal Government to and including 1894, together with descriptions of the tracts so ceded or reserved, the date of the treaty, law or executive order governing the same, the name of the tribe or tribes affected thereby, and historical data and references bearing thereon."
- - Copy 3 NOS 10/7/93
Medium
- pages 521-997 ; 30 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- KIE610 .R69 1899
- E93 .R885
- GN2 .U5
- G1201.G6 R7 1899
- HD231 .R7 1899 Another issue (56th Cong., 1st sess. House. Doc. 736.
Source Collection
- Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Eighteenth annual report ... 1896-'97. pt. 2, p. 521-997, 67 maps (part double). 30 cm.
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701em.gct00002
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llscd.llss4014
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.law/llscd.llss4015
Library of Congress Control Number
- 13023487
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