Litchfield enquirer., 1830-07-22

Pitt prohibited, by procIamatiOn' any OL .nS
suhiects Of the king from settling west OF the
a..EilsEiIan 1cnuntty
-, tAe. treaty at EastODsin 1853, been allow
81 70 the Indians for their h0htihg grounds.
-4faS. aroyat prnclametion was issaed1d
restraining the Governor Of Virginia from ma
King grants west OF the Allegheny u1ountains,
because that country MT having been reded
TO, Or purchased by the crown, was reserved
TO the tribes Of Indians. who lived under the
projection of the king, as THEFT hunting
II win not detain the committee. By Quoting
from die proceedings at what was called the
Congress Of Fort Stanwix. in 1898 s from the
Opinions of ihe learned In the profession in
England, 0f DIR. Franklin, Patrick Henry,
Judge Petdletoo, and Mr.. Mercer; 6nthe OPP
) GRAFTON. and effect Of the grant from the Six
sl0stiOns to William Trent, and Of the rGtiJfeG-
yfiO, 0f that grant BY the crown, by the treaty
} at Fort Sfanwix. II may be remarked, how
ever, that ali these distinguished nIencagreed
in opinion that the title Of the Indians was
saOteI which could not be disturbed without
rtheir consent; and some Of them supposed
their power to convey was absolute, both ~
to the manner and the grantees, ts an incl
dent to their right Of property 10 the soil. =
1.-The treaties made between Great Britain
and the. C hickasaw and Chocfaw Indians at
Mobile ii, l765, and the Upper and Lower
Greeks, al Pensacola, in May andiNOv. 1765,
all Recognize the same right in these tribes,
which has l1erGt6fOre been stated boundaries
rare established, and all the lands not efnbra-
ICED within the limits, which include what the
Indians reserve to themselves, and which are
declared, in these treaties, to belong to them,
and in which they have full right and proper
~. are granted and confirmed to the crown.
BE NAV safely be affirmed, THAT in no in
4stanee did the crown of England ever claim
in practice right, by discovery, bat only by
purchase, to Interfere with the Indian title OF
,occupafcy, las before explained. 1t admitted
in the fullest extent, the necessity Of extin-
finishing It, before fhe Indians could be de-
lpTiyed of their lands: and in all their acts,
iwhettersiho the form, of Instructions, procaa-
nations, laws, or treaties, acknowledged the
title of4tke aborigines and cIalnred only the
exclusive right of parchase, and the ultimate
.reversionaFy1 right in fee.' ;'", s''..r q 81
a., Such 'heing the relative situation Of the
crown and the Indians tribes, as to the lands
occupied by them, let me- now call the atten-
ti0h Uf the 'comaaittee,'t6 the acts and decla-
rationsa ofsthe colonies and states, particularly
Georgia. sahd1it will be- seen, that the same
tprineiples were adopted; the same rights
conceded tanthe Indians; aHd the same inter
4s'lIh Jane l779, the assembly of Virginia re-
solved that the commonwealth had the excftt-
saiNe, right, Of ,pre-emptiOn from the" Indians
within the limits of lis own chartered territory
saRds that such exclusive right af. pre- pti0n
would land 0ught4tO be maintained, by the
! commemorative the utmost Gifts power
This Is all the right which they asserted and
chained. * .,,.,:sr7---, @a - yt5re's $40
- la lisa, Oge)th0rpe, the founder of Ceor-
Eia, made ,a,areaty i,with the Lower Creeks,
insShich he niliaineh 4cessinns of lAnda fraArAa
thsnes and in whichaitis declared that Though
the 1auds helDng to them, THE Indians) they
will, permit the English to tisea and possess !;
partvOf them, and that the rest should remain
10 the Cracks forever .,s = a9>'t gNt~+ro'
II In 1888. sbe, made another treaty with the
assembled fstates uf all the Lower Greek Ma.
tions, in which substantially the same prOvis-
ions were Inserted. Is ert --e@ t.sf' =
,s.tal78S, another treaty. was made with the
CataWba. CherOleH, Choctaw, Chicasaw and
Greek Nations, in which sessions Of land
gwere made. and in May ITS. another treaty
was made with the Cherokee and Greek Ma
ton: by haboundaries were established,
aud eessions made blythe Indians. ,,..
= In i777, treaty Of peace was made be-
tween South Carolina and the ,Cherokees, to
which Georgia wassa party, in which the com
exchanged their Irrespective full 20 Sers. in
which a cession 10 made by, the Cherokees oil
all the landsseast of the Unacaye mountaiD.
To the state of South CaroliDa.,as having been
acquired, and possessed, by that state, by
CONQUEST; aud 10 othe 9Th Article, it is declar-
I'D. that the hatchet shall he forever buried
and there shall be an ppiversal, peace and
friepdship rel established between South Car
,oliI,a.including the Catawba and Georgia, on
sthe one part. and The Cherokee nation ON the
other; there shall be,a general abliyion Of in
.jnries /, the contracting parties shall use their
utmost endeayOrs To maintain the peace and
friendship now. re-estahlished aud the
,Cherokees shall, ut alb times, apprehend and
deliver to, the commanding officer at Fort
Rutledge. every person. white or red, who in
their nation or settlements, shall by any
means endeayor IT, instigste a war by the
Cherokee nation. or, hostility or robbery by
any Of their people. against or upon any Of
the American, states. or subjects thereof
Can Georgia enter into treaty with her 0tcn
citizens give peace to those who are not ene-
mics. but traitOFsi III 4, .......:..s 6.. :, /
In 178S, another treaty was made. between
the state Of George. and the, Cherokee ma
4i0n, by which peace was established, and a
permanent boundary was established. "
It il unnecessary to go f,lrther., The acts
OF Georgia furnish uDe9uiyOcsl evidence Of
her acquiescence in the doctrine, that the la.
dian tribes within her. territorial LIMITS, Of