Doe on Demise of Eu-Che-Lah v. Welsh
Supreme Court of North Carolina
>-From Buncombe. Ejectment. — The Plaintiff’s lessor, a Cherokee Indian, claimed title to the land in dispute, under treaties between the United States of America and the Cherokee Nation, made in 1817 and 1819.* The Plaintiff’s lessor, to bring- himself within the provisions of the treaties, gave in evidence the following documents: 1st. A Commission from James Monroe, President of the United States, to Coi.
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>-From Buncombe. Ejectment. — The Plaintiff’s lessor, a Cherokee Indian, claimed title to the land in dispute, under treaties between the United States of America and the Cherokee Nation, made in 1817 and 1819.* The Plaintiff’s lessor, to bring- himself within the provisions of the treaties, gave in evidence the following documents: 1st. A Commission from James Monroe, President of the United States, to Coi. Robert Houston, dated March 12th, 1819, constituting him an agent on the part of the United States, to run the boundary lines of the lands ceded by the Cherokces, and to run off and…
1Opinion
It is admitted that the lands in question lie within the limits of North Carolina, and also within the boundaries of those lands which were set apart for the nation of Cherokee Indians by that State before the cession of Tennessee to the United States. It is also (169) admitted that the Cherokee nation lived upon those lands, and other adjoining lands, both while this State was a colony and after that time.
In the examination of this case it would be useless to inquire with what justice it was that the King of England seized upon these lands and declared himself sovereign thereof, without…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Johnson & Graham's Lessee v. McIntoshSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
- Frazier v. Eastern Band of Cherokee IndiansSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907