Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims 1796 1920 written by Larry Clifford Skogen and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the seventeenth century, with the colonization of the Americas, European immigrants and American Indians encountered each other's views on the rights and responsibilities of ownership. Disputes arose as a natural result of the meeting of two cultures, and occasionally these developed into sanguinary conflicts. In 1796 the United States Congress created the depredation claims system to compensate Indians and settlers alike for the loss of property and thereby preserve peace on the frontiers. By presenting the lives of non-Indian people who filed for relief from depredations and the legal and political systems under which they filed claims, Larry Skogen accentuates the distinction between the lofty ideals and the penurious, tedious reality of the claims system. Because the young nation could not afford to pay for every stolen cow or burned farmhouse, rules and policies were imposed on the system to protect the treasury, but they slowed the claims process and turned away legitimate claimants empty-handed. In addition the system, seldom used by Indians, became a target of unscrupulous settlers, who filed fraudulent claims and sometimes, because they had political connections, received compensation for losses never incurred. When the system did provide indemnities, Indian nations paid for the actions of their miscreants of whom they disapproved, or, as much more often happened, the U.S. government used monies from the general treasury to pay lawyers and administrators of the estates of long-dead claimants.
Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims Message from the President of the United States Returning Without Approval House Bill No 3204 Entitled An Act to Refer Certain Claims for Indian Depredations to the Court of Claims written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on War Claims and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Indian Depredation Claims and published by . This book was released on 1888* with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Georgia Indian Depredation Claims written by Carlton J. Thaxton and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1081 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstracts of claims compiled in a WPA project in 1938, published in seven typescript volumes as "Georgia Indian depredation claims against the Creek Indians," dating from 1787-1825. This compilation was from original documents in the Georgia Dept. of Archives and History. An 8th volume has the spine title "Georgia Indian depredations 1827-1830," and is a part of this series of claims, but it is a federal document, entitled Indian Depredations in Georgia, 21st Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives, War Department, Document no. 25, and is dated 1830. These claims and letters tell a story of frontier life found nowhere else than in diaries and letters. They mention the deaths of husbands, wives and children and the loss of homes, horses and farm animals, crops and personal property. Many of these claims are witnessed by neighbors and local officials, so there are many names involved other than those of the claimants. This book contains abstracts of documents, full text of some documents which could not be easily abstracted, a name index and a place name index.--From Preface, p. iv.
Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims written by United States. Office of Indian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims Letter from the Secretary of the Interior Transmitting in Response to a Resolution of the House Adopted January 23 1884 a Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Inclosing a List of Claims Allowed in the Department of the Interior for Depredations by Tribes of Indians who Have Annuities Or Other Funds Due Them from the United States written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Certain Indian Depredation Claims written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Depredations and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims Letter from the Secretary of the Interior Transmitting in Response to a Resolution of the House Adopted January 23 1884 a Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Inclosing a List of Claims Allowed in the Department of the Interior for Depredations by Tribes of Indians who Have Annuities Or Other Funds Due Them from the United States April 10 1884 Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims Message from the President of the United States Returning Without Approval House Bill No 3204 Entitled An Act To Refer Certain Claims for Indian Depredations to the Court of Claims March 1 1901 Referred to the Committee on War Claims and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims Letter from the Secretary of the Interior Transmitting a List of Claims for Depredations Committed by Indians c Called for by House Resolution of April 30 1874 January 11 1875 Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Indian Depredation Claims Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in Reply to Resolution of the 15th Instant in Relation to Claims on Account of Indian Depredations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
