Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies. James Mooney
Читать онлайн.| Название | Native Americans: 22 Books on History, Mythology, Culture & Linguistic Studies |
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| Автор произведения | James Mooney |
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| isbn | 9788027245475 |
They have a constitutional form of government predicated upon that of the United States. As a rule, their laws are wise and beneficent and are enforced with strictness and justice. Political and social prejudice has deprived the former slaves in some instances of the full measure of rights guaranteed to them by the treaty of 1866 and the amended constitution of the nation, but time is rapidly softening these asperities and will solve all difficulties of the situation.
The present Cherokee population is of a composite character. Remnants of other nations or tribes have from time to time been absorbed and admitted to full participation in the benefits of Cherokee citizenship. The various classes may be thus enumerated:
1. The full blood Cherokees.
2. The mixed blood Cherokees.
3. The Delawares.
4. The Shawnees.
5. White men and women intermarried with the foregoing.
6. A few Creeks who broke away from their own tribe and have been citizens of the Cherokee Nation for many years.
7. A few Creeks who are not citizens, but have taken up their abode in the Cherokee country, without any rights.
8. A remnant of the Natchez tribe, who are citizens.
9. The freedmen adopted under the treaty of 1866.
10. Freedmen not adopted, but not removed as intruders, owing to an order from the Indian Department forbidding such removal pending a decision upon their claims to citizenship.
If the Government of the United States shall in this last resort of the Cherokees prove faithful to its obligations and maintain their country inviolate from the intrusions of white trespassers, the future of the nation will surely prove the capability of the American Indian under favorable conditions to realize in a high degree the possibilities of Anglo-Saxon civilization.
Table showing approximately the area in square miles and acres ceded to the United States
by the various treaties with the Cherokee Nation:
| Date of treaty. | State where ceded lands are located. | Area in square miles. | Area in acres. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1721 | South Carolina | 2,623 | 1,678,720 |
| November 24, 1755 | do | 8,635 | 5,526,400 |
| October 14, 1768 | Virginia | 850 | 544,000 |
| October 18, 1770 | do | 4,500 | 2,880,000 |
| West Virginia | 4,300 | 2,752,000 | |
| Tennessee | 150 | 96,000 | |
| Kentucky | 250 | 160,000 | |
| 1772 | do | 10,135 | 6,486,400 |
| West Virginia | 437 | 279,680 | |
| Virginia | 345 | 220,800 | |
| June 1, 1773 | Georgia | 1,050 | 672,000 |
| March 17, 1775 | Kentucky | 22,600 | 14,464,000 |
| Virginia | 1,800 | 1,152,000 | |
| Tennessee | 2,650 | 1,696,000 | |
| May 20, 1777 | South Carolina | 2,051 | 1,312,640 |
| July 20, 1777 | North Carolina | 4,414 | 2,824,960 |
| Tennessee | 1,760 | 1,126,400 | |
| May 31, 1783 | Georgia | 1,650 | 1,056,000 |
| November 28, 1785 | North Carolina | 550 | 352,000 |
| Tennessee | 4,914 | 3,144,960 | |
| Kentucky | 917 | 586,880 | |
| July 2, 1791 | Tennessee | 3,435 | 2,198,400 |
| North Carolina | 722 | 462,080 | |
| October 2, 1798 | Tennessee | 952 | 609,280 |
| North Carolina | 587 | 375,680 | |
| October 24, 1804 | Georgia | 135 | 86,400 |
| October 25, 1805 | Kentucky | 1,086 | 695,040 |
| Tennessee | 7,032 | 4,500,480 | |
| October 27, 1805 | do | 11/4 | 800 |
| January 7, 1806 | do | 5,269 | 3,372,160 |
| Alabama | 1,602 | 1,025,280 | |
| March 22, 1816 | South Carolina | 148 | 94,720 |
| September 14, 1816 | Alabama | 3,129 | 2,194,560 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 2,560 | |
| July 8, 1817 | Georgia | 583 | 373,120 |
| Tennessee | 435 | 278,400 | |
| February 27, 1819 | Georgia |