CONTENTS 



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Introduction, by Cyrus Tlioin.is 507 



Riglit to the soil tleppndcnt on disrovery 527 



Foreign policy toward tlio Indians 538 



The .Sjjauish policy 539 



The French policy '. 545 



The English policy 549 



Colonial ]iolicy toward the Indians 562 



The policy in general 562 



\irgiuia 563 



Maryland 569 



Now York 575 



Now .lerscy 587 



Pennsylvania 591 



Massachusetts 599 



Connecticut 611 



lihode Island 619 



North Carolina 612-1 



South Carolina 630 



(ieorgia 634 



New Hampshire and DelaNvare 639 



Policy ol' the United States . •. 610 



Acknowledgments 614 



.Schedule of treaties and acts of Congress authorizing allotments of land 



in several ty 645 



Schedule o! land cessions 648 



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