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Titre : Annual report of the Bureau of American ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian institution
Auteur : Bureau of American ethnology (Washington, D.C.). Auteur du texte
Éditeur : Government printing office (Washington)
Date d'édition : 1896
Contributeur : Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902). Directeur de publication
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Description : 1896
Description : 1896 (N18,PART2)-1897.
Description : Note : Index.
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The third is a treaty between the same parties as the last, made at Picolata, Florida, November 18, 1765. The fifth article is as follows: Te prevent all disputes on account of encroachments, or supposed encroacliments, made by the English inhabitants of his Majesty's said province, on the lands or hunting grounds reserved and clairned by the Upper and Lower nations of Creek Indians, and that no doubts, mistakes, or disputes, may, for the future, arise; in considération of the great marks of friendship, benevolence, and clemency, generosity, and protection, extended to us, the said Indians of the Upper and Lower Creek nations; by His Majesty King George the Third, we, the chiefs, head warriors, and leaders, of our respective nations, by virtue and in pursuance of the fiill rights and power which we now have, and are possessed of, have agreed, and we do hereby agree, that, for the future, the boundary line of His Majesty's said province ofEast Florida shall be, all the sea coast as far as the tide flows, in the manner settled with the English by the Great Tomachiches, with ail the conntry to the eastward of St. John's river, forming nearly an island from its source to its entrance into the sea, and to the westward of St. John's river by a line drawn from the entrance of the creek Ocklawagh into said river above the great lake, and near to Spalding's upper trading storehouse, to the forks of Black creek at Colville's plantation; and from thence to that part of St. Mary's river which shall be intersected by the continuation of the line to the entrance of Turkey creek into the river Altamaha. That no notice is to be taken of snch horses or cattle as shall pass the line. And we do hereby accordingly grant and confirm unto His Majesty, his heirs and successors, all the said lands within the said lines.l
But little need be said in regard to the English policy in the Canadian provinces from their acquisition in 1762. The system outlined in the proclamation of October 7, 1763, appears to have been followed from that time up to the present day, and it may truly be said that, as a general rule, it has been one of justice and humanity creditable to thé Canadian authorities. Mr Joseph Howe, in retiring from his position as superintendent of Indian affairs in 1872, makes the following statement: "Up to the present time the results are encouraging, and although I regret that the state of my health will soon compel me to relinquish the oversight of the work, I trust it will not be neglected by those who may come after me, and who ought never to forget that the crowning glory of Canadian policy in all times past, and under all administrations, bas been the treatment of the Indians." Though this statement is perhaps too broad, yet the course pnrsned under English control, with some exceptions relative to the seaboard provinces, has been an honorable one.
One precaution which the commissioners adopted and have generally followed was to require the assembled Indians to name the chiefs, or persons of their tribes, who were authorized by them to make the treaty and sign the grant. This fact and the names of the persons so selected were inserted in the deed or grant.
1 Laws, U. S., etc, respecting Public Lands, vol. il 1830, app., p. 276*.