 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 818 pages
...Indians are remitted by a great civilized government to the control, if control itcan be called,of the rude regulations of petty, ignorant tribes. Year...and also that he will be effectually protected, by tbe authority and power of the Government, in his life, liberty, property, and character, as certainly... | |
 | Indians of North America - 1888 - 558 pages
...believe it to be the duty of Congress -at once to extend over Indian reservations the jurisdiction of the United States courts, and to declare that each Indian...the United States shall occupy the same relation to the law that a white man does. This suggestion is the most important I have to make." In 1878 the Indian... | |
 | United States. Board of Indian Commissioners - Indians of North America - 1892 - 182 pages
...believe it to be the duty of Congress at once to extend over Indian reservations the jurisdiction of the United States courts, and to declare that each Indian...the United States shall occupy the same relation to the law that a white man does. This suggestion is the most important I have to make." In 1878 the Indian... | |
 | United States. Board of Indian Commissioners - Indians of North America - 1892 - 184 pages
...of Congress at once to extend over Indian reservations the jurisdiction of the United States'courts, and to declare that each Indian in the United States shall occupy the same relation to the law that a white man does. This suggestion is the most important I have to make." In 1878 the Indian... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1893 - 488 pages
...I believe it to be the duty of Congress at once to extend over Indian reservations the jurisd.ction of United States courts, and to declare that each...occupy the same relation to law that a white man does. * * * * I regard this suggestion as by far the most important which I have to make in this report.'... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1900 - 692 pages
...protection or for the punishment of crime committed among themselves Our Indians are remitted by a great year we expend millions of dollars for these people...occupy the same relation to law that a white man does. ... I regard this suggestion as by far the most important which I have to make in this report.' " In... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1900 - 692 pages
...we expend millions of dollars for these people in the faint hope that, without law, we can civili/e them. That hope has been to a great degree a long...occupy the same relation to law that a white man does. ... I regard this suggestion as by far the most important which I have to make in this report.' " In... | |
 | Daniel James Gage - 1926 - 778 pages
...citizen or tribesmen, subject tnereto. The Commissioner of 1876 held it the duty of Congress "to at once extend over Indian reservations the jurisdiction of...occupy the same relation to law that a white man does", thus outlining the main points in the idea. The Commissioner in 1873 pointed out the absence of law... | |
 | American essays - 1891 - 1024 pages
...no law, either for their protection or for the punishment of crime committed among themselves. . . . Our Indians are remitted by a great civilized government...occupy the same relation to law that a white man does. ... I regard this suggestion as by far the most important which I have to make in this report." In... | |
 | Francis Paul Prucha - Law - 2000 - 412 pages
...affords; yet our Indians are remitted by a great civilized government to the control, if control it can he called, of the rude regulations of petty, ignorant...occupy the same relation to law that a white man does. Ал Indian should be given to understand that no ancient custom, no tribal regulation, will shield... | |
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That the benevolent efforts and purposes of the government have proved so largely fruitless is, in my judgment, due more to its failure to make these people amenable to our laws than to any other cause, or to all other causes combined. I believe it to... 