Benjamin Harrison actually said...

The delegates of the seventeen neighboring Republics, which have so recently been assembled in Washington at the invitation of this Governme...

I do not well see how they have either an equitable or legal claim to participate in the proceeds of the sale of those lands.

I very gravely doubt whether the remnant or band of this tribe now living in Iowa has any interest in these lands in the Indian Territory.

I can not too strongly urge upon Congress the necessity of giving this subject immediate and favorable consideration and of making adequate ...