The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
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t-esi Interests ~ human s~rissv u no
mslo ssrte,y. ~ sp<>ssl Ats y. at
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psncN 10 lim,,s.l b, The sl~,ntAnc,sa,
productions ~ ihr earth
Hut ~ the idcs ~ home b, de,rlaY~st
and nan tams local silsshmeats. he
sppil~s himself "a the msln,su Anr~ ~ q
n,cd r,s,i.ncv, ltc dositc, ~ huld
some uUo which shNil s,~,urv hlm.cli
aud r,cludc his nrighhof sun uaus~i
~ a"ting fur himself be ~ subject Va
this, ~ Ia other matters. to the ~tll ~
one whom he rexsri. =. sovereign.
grating privileges and defending
rights The .~",vrvigns p~ssses Territory
aud leases la ~. sabjcst. A. power
slips frnm the individual sovereign aud
10 vvssr,i IN al As~ssis,iun called eu,.
crnmcni, aud passes sluo., ip.rnsihl,
into that form "a go,rrnmcn, IN which
the subjects l~c,s,mo POINT snsrfcisn., the
right ~ Public lNomAiu Is cs,shli she'd
Government. uwu lands aud dispose ~
them In accordance ~iih their o~u
wills. With W. the popular Will Tho
night ~ domain rests upon ons ~ more
vt several cundiiions l, Discovery
? Utilization ~ ~un,scupiod lands. 4
tongues, 4 TREATY s,ipula,ions 8
Purchase
The trrtltor, ombra. Oh within The
limits NJ The United s,a,rs ha. t-,-n Ia
possession II fnglaa,l. France. spain.
Russia, and 10 smaller parts. ~ other
European nations. lhrir claim. hrs,
rested upon discovery. Thor relative
possessions varied from time Ia time NJ
tho fortunes IL war directed Notable
among these changes wss that b, which
the territory east II the Mississippi snd
west ~ the All.ghanl"s passed. under
the treaty ~ Paris. into English bsad.,
so that England hccnmc proprietor II
thu entire territory hot c.u The Allan.
tie aud the Mississippi, with III. esccp.
ton ~ flWids
In 1905 jane. ! divided the English
possessions between two companies. re-.
serving n small strip between the two
granis Tor their mutual occupancy The
London Company received the territory
south ~ the Potomac. and the Plymouth
Company thu, north II tho mouth ~ III.
Hudson. Each Company had III. right
Ia extend It's domain nifty miles. tai the
exclusion II the other, upon tho terrific.
~ allowed Tor Joint occupancy Hut
sbsclut" title Ia property wAs not con.
icrrcd until 1870. and then from lat ~
deg north. Ia Lat. ~ deg north upon
the council established At Pymou,h In
the county ~ Devon, for tho planting.
ruling. orisrtng. and governing New
England In America This grant va
~ absolute and exclusive thst much
jealousy and III feeling resulted. Very
soon aftnr this grant the Pilgrim. made
\ settlement within this territory, but
without the consent or even tho kno~l.
edge Of thu council. A. this grant to
the council extended from the Atlantic
Ia the Pacific. II covered territory which
had bssn appropriated by tho French
Emperor In 1908 aud remained under
French control all 1893
Though IN. English Government did
not transfer 70 the companies organized
for settlement liz title to any lands until
1890. II WA possible for individuals a.
acquire title - early - 1915. To~vcry
emigrant or to every person who would
secure an emigrant n bounty ~ ohc
hundred acres ~ land W. granted Tor
each such cmigrant. THIS ~as after
ward reduced Ia fifty acres. Twcl,.
aud shalt s~hilling.-A little moro than
o. was the price psid for n hundred
acres Of land. aud this included . re-
served claim Ia ~ much more. After
1920, many grants were made. often In
definite and conflicting NJ Ia their ca
tent II IL not necessary Ia recitc them.
By the treaty Of 1888. the thirteen colo
MES came into possession ~ the terri.
tory lying between the Atlantic and III.
Mississippi and north ~ Lat. 81 degrees
n. In 1874. Virginia ceded IA the Gen
eral Government Nil the territory lying
ouisid. NJ her corporate limits except
the territory ~ known as Kentucky
aud u small part 81 tbs territory ~
Ohio between the Miami and Scioio
rivers. which latter WAS reserved NJ In.
demni,y for her expenses In the espc-
dition against the French At kAskaskia
and vincennes. and for bounty lands "a
her Revolutionary soldiers. The other
colonies ccded In like snn their ter
ritory outside ~ their own limits. e,-
cept that North Carolina reserved the
territory known ~ Tennessee. Masss-
chusetts hsd purchased ~ Fernando
Georges the whole ~ Main. for a. 2O
provincial money. squal " about e3. zOo.
and reserved the same. Connecticut
received In lieu VI her cession q strip II
land In y. y. Ohio called the Western
Reserve" The contest between New
York and New Hampshire over the ter
ritOry ~ Vermont wa settled by an
early organization 81 the State u Yer.
mont.
The United States Government thu.
came into possession of territory now
known NJ Ohio. with the exceptions
above named. Indiana. Illinois. Micbi-
gan. Wisconsin. Alabama, and Missis-
sippi. except the small strip u the two
last named bordering upon the Gulf at