Buying America from the Indians : Johnson v. McIntosh and the history of native land rights / Blake A. Watson.
2012
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Title
Buying America from the Indians : Johnson v. McIntosh and the history of native land rights / Blake A. Watson.
Published
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KF228.J644 W38 2012
ISBN
9780806142449 (hardcover)
0806142448 (hardcover)
0806142448 (hardcover)
Description
xvi, 494 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)759907998
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-469) and index.
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Variant Title
Johnson versus McIntosh and the history of native land rights
Portion of Title
Johnson v. McIntosh and the history of native land rights
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Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Gift
The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
xi
Preface
xiii
1.
February 28, 1823
3
2.
"The sinne of the Pattents"
11
3.
The Illinois and Piankeshaws
27
4.
"An unaccountable thirst for large Tracts of Land"
41
5.
The Illinois Purchase of 1773
64
6.
Lord Dunmore, the Wabash Purchase of 1775, and Revolution
77
7.
Virginia Fights for the Illinois Country 1775-1781
100
8.
The Illinois and Wabash Proprietors Unite
118
9.
Virginia Gives Up the Illinois Country 1781-1784
140
10.
Conquest, Purchase, and Preemption
154
11.
A Time of Transition
174
12.
Cession, Resistance, and Removal
199
13.
The Shareholders Regroup
224
14.
Litigation
250
15.
The Argument and Decision in Johnson v. McIntosh
272
16.
Closure and Continuity
296
17.
The Legacy of Johnson v. McIntosh
318
18.
The Critical Response to the Doctrine of Discovery
342
Notes
359
Bibliography
429
Index
471