Further Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee [!] New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, for Promoting the Civilization and Improving the Condition of the Seneca Nation of Indians, from the Year 1847 to the Year 1850

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Stran 54 - Under these circumstances we cannot anticipate a failure, unless possibly through the malign influence of foreign powers who possess no right whatever to interfere in the matter. We proceed to state some of the reasons which have brought us to this conclusion, and for the sake of clearness, we shall specify them under two distinct heads: 1. The United States ought, if practicable, to purchase Cuba with as little delay as possible.
Stran 74 - The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may grant the right of preemption of the whole or any part of the said lands and territories to any person or persons who by virtue of such grant shall have good right to extinguish by purchase the claims of the native Indians...
Stran 70 - Commonwealth, their grantees, and the heirs and assigns of such grantees forever, the right of pre-emption of the soil from the native Indians, and all other the estate, right, title and property, (the right and title of government, sovereignty and jurisdiction...
Stran 70 - No purchase or contract for the sale of lands in this State, made since the fourteenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five; or which may hereafter be made, of, or with the Indians, shall be valid, unless made under the authority, and with the consent of the Legislature.
Stran 44 - They have always been, and still are, considered by our laws as dependent tribes, governed by their own usages and chiefs; but placed under our protection, and subject to our coercion so far as the public safety required it, and no farther.
Stran 19 - Onondaga nation of Indians, by virtue of the right inherent in every people, trusting in the justice and necessity of our undertaking, and humbly invoking the blessing of the God of nations upon our efforts to improve our civil condition and to secure to our nation the administration of equitable and wholesome laws, do hereby abolish, abrogate...
Stran 35 - ... accurately described, in which the laws of Georgia can have no force, and which the citizens of Georgia have no right to enter, but. with the assent of the Cherokees themselves, or in conformity with treaties, and with the acts of congress. The whole intercourse between the United States and this nation is by our constitution and laws vested in the government of the United States.
Stran 37 - Resolved, (If the senate concur,) That the recognition by the government of the United States of the new constitutional government lately formed by the Indians residing on the Cattaraugus and Allegany reservations, establishes the new government as that which the state of New York must receive and acknowledge in its dealings with said Indians, and that the officers of this state ought, and are hereby instructed, to respect such new government accordingly.
Stran 73 - Secondly. The State of New York doth hereby cede, grant, release, and confirm to the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and to the use of the Commonwealth, their grantees, and the heirs and assigns of such grantees forever, the right of preemption of the soil from the native Indians, and all their estate, right, title, and property (the right and title of government, sovereignty, and jurisdiction excepted) which the State of New York hath of, in, orto * * *" (description of land involved follows).
Stran 57 - With your religious concerns we have studiously avoided to interfere, not because we have deemed Religion an unimportant subject, but because we have not been called upon by our position or sent among you to teach it, — and because we most assuredly believe, that if you faithfully conform to the Will of God, so far as he is pleased to make it known to you, it will place you in the best state for the attainment of Religious knowledge. It will teach you to be practical Christians...

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