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Thread #8734   Message #4126639
Posted By: GUEST,Phil d'Conch
18-Nov-21 - 02:09 PM
Thread Name: ADD: As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (P. La Farge)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: As Long as the Grass Shall Grow (La Farge
Original texts:

“TREATY WITH THE SENECAS AND THE SHAWNEES
ARTICLE III. ...to each tribe or band respectively, the title in fee simple, as long as each, respectively, shall exist as a nation and remain thereon, and the exclusive possession and undisturbed use, occupancy and enjoyment, as long as grass shall grow and water run, of the country heretofore secured to each respectively, by treaties with, and patents from, the United States of America; and which countries are thus described and ascertained…

TREAT WITH THE QUAPAWS
ARTICLE III...The Confederate States of America do hereby assure and guarantee to the Quapaw Tribe of Indians, the exclusive and undisputed possession, use and occupancy, during all time, as long as grass shall grow and water run, of the country heretofore secured to them by treaty with the United States of America, and which is described in the treaty of the thirteenth day of May, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three,...”
[The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, Matthews ed, 1864]

Note: The upshot is Nations are being required to swear loyalty to the newly formed CSA and declare all existing treaties with the USA to be null and void. I've not found anything like the key verbiage in the 1830s originals… yet. Also nothing new to report on Monroe, Jackson et al... yet.

Treaty of Little Sandusky (1831) (Transcript)
Treaty with the Quapaw