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The Six Nations Indian’s Conditions of Settlement

The conditions which govern the Indian’s occupation of his Reserve are, probably, so well known, that any extended reference under this head will be needless. He ceded the whole of his land to the Government, this comprising, originally, a tract which pursued the entire length of the Grand River, and, accepting it as the radiating

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Portland Land Title Controversies

Land Title Controversies: Measures taken by Proprietors to Protect Land Purchasers’ Rights – The Three Causes of Litigation – Legal Points in the Stark vs. Starr Case – Decision of the Courts – Causes of Litigation Over the Lownsdale Estate – Final Settlement of the Case in the United States Circuit Court – Decision of Judge Sawyer and Concurrent Opinion of Judge Deady – Public Levee Case – Grounds of Private and Municipal Claims to the River Front – How the City’s Rights were Lost – Legal History of the Caruthers Claim.

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17th District 1st Section, Cherokee

The list below contains the names and residence of all the fortunate drawers in the Land Lottery of the 17th District, 1st Section, of Cherokee country. This list is part of a larger compilation called the Cherokee land lottery. 1 Reuben Taylor, Tuggle’s, Merriwether.2 Bressie O’Brien, 601st, Taliaferro3 William Davis, Higginbotham’s, Rabun,*4 Gabriel G. Coley,

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