Perhaps the question of the payment by the United States of the annuities which were forfeited by the act of February 16, 1863, should not have been considered in connection with this negotiation for the cession of these lands.
Message to Congress Reporting on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation
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It gives me pleasure to consummate here to-day, by the act of lifting this flag, the efforts in support of a principle to which I give my hearty support.
If this article of the treaty is in force, the obligations assumed by the United States should be fully and honorably observed
This legislation should be, and I do not doubt will be, not only just to the natives and all other residents and citizens of the islands, but should be characterized by great liberality and a high regard to the rights of all people and of…
Such a possession would not consist with our safety and with the peace of the world.
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