Claims of W. G. And G. W. Ewing Against the Pottawatomy Nation of Indians: Secured by National Obligations, Executed in Open Council, on the Same ... of 5th and 17th June, 1846 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from Claims of W. G. And G. W. Ewing Against the Pottawatomy Nation of Indians: Secured by National Obligations, Executed in Open Council, on the Same Days, and Together With the Treaty of 5th and 17th June, 1846

The authority to carry on commerce with the Indians, thus granted to the undersigned, carried with it the right to conduct that commerce in the way and manner usual in the affairs of mankind. Being citizens of the United States, civilized themselves, and trading with a people approaching to civilization, they have conducted their business in a manner that was just and fair, and that violated no natu ral, revealed, customary, or statute law. Among all civilized nations throughout the world credit is an usual incident of commerce; it has been likewise an incident of the Indian trade; and until 3d March, 1847, so far as trade with Indians was concerned, there was no express or implied prohibition of it. The undersigned and other merchants, dealing under license with a people capable of contracting with them, were left free to sell their goods on any terms consistent with their de sires, circumstances, and interests; and those of the other parties to their transactions. They were under no restrictions, by law or regulations, except as to particular articles declared contraband; and this restriction they have never violated.

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