| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1858 - 774 strani
...permanently fix, the Cherokees in Georgia, is in direct violation of the promise to extinguish their title, as soon as it could be done peaceably, and on reasonable terms ; nor do the committee perceive the necessity of holding out the idea of permanent settlement in Georgia,... | |
| Edward Jenkins Harden - 1859 - 572 strani
...States have promised, in the compact, to extinguish for Georgia the Indian claims to the lands reserved, as soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms. The President, in his message, construes this into a stipulation, to do in this respect whatever it... | |
| 1831 - 340 strani
...boundary of Georgia, and the United States contracted to extinguish the Indian title east of that line, as soon as it could be done, " peaceably and on reasonable terms." On the tract of land, to which Georgia thus ceded her claim, the states of Alabama and Mississippi... | |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - 1864 - 652 strani
...that highly respectable State. Under the act of cession, the United States were bound, in good faith, to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia, so soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms. * The State of Georgia has repeatedly... | |
| Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden - 1880 - 604 strani
...between the United States and the State of Georgia, entered into in 1802, the former covenanted that as soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms the title of the Cherokee Indians to land within the limits of the latter should be extinguished. During... | |
| Thomas Laurie - 1881 - 638 strani
...quarter millions of dollars from the first net proceeds of its sale, and also to extinguish, for the use of Georgia, as soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms, the Indian title to all lands within that State. This was the famous compact of 1802; and in fulfillment... | |
| Thomas Laurie - 1881 - 630 strani
...quarter millions of dollars from the first net proceeds of its sale, and also to extinguish, for the use of Georgia, as soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable tenns, the Indian title to all lands within that State. This was the famous compact of 1802 ; and in... | |
| John Joseph Lalor - 1882 - 870 strani
...States should extinguish for the use of Georgia the Creek and Cherokee title to lands within the state, "as soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms;" and the federal government fulfilled its agreement. In 1808 deputations from the upper and lower Cherokees... | |
| Joseph T. Derry - 1895 - 454 strani
...embracing nearly all of what we now know as the States of Alabama and Mississippi, the United States agreed to extinguish the Indian title to lands within the limits of Georgia. 2. Many efforts had been made to get the Creek Indians to cede their lands within the limits of Georgia,... | |
| John Bach McMaster - 1900 - 618 strani
...territory, the United States bound herself to extinguish your title to all lands within the bounds of Georgia as soon as it could be done peaceably and on reasonable terms. She did not ask that the military force of the Union be employed to drive you away, but that the soil... | |
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