...to the courts of Prance or Spain. Article IX. further and more specifically states: — The United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right of ... entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby...

...preceded, first by a demand of justice, and if refused, then by a declaration of hostilities. ARTICLE VIII. For the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention united states to regof injuries or oppressions on the part of the citizens or Indians, the ulat* *"*...

...that the United States considered the Cherokees as a nation. The ninth article is in these words: " For the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of injuries or oppression on the part of the citizens or Indians, the United States, in congress assembled, shall...

...in their treaties to be under the protection of the United States; they admit that the United States shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with them. . . . Though the Indians are acknowledged to have an unquestionable, and heretofore unquestioned...

...commit any crime against any Indian. The most important articles of these treaties read as follows: "For the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for...their affairs in such manner as they think proper/ The Indians also undertook to give notice to citizens of the United States of any designs which they...

...their treaties, to be under the protection of the United States; they admit that the United States shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with them, and managing all their affairs as they think proper; and the Cherokees in particular were allowed...

...and of no other sovereign, the boundary of their hunting grounds was fixed, and it was provided that "for the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for...and exclusive right of regulating the trade with the Indiana, and managing all their affaire in such manner aa they think proper." Another treaty, with...

..."benefit and comfort" and for the "prevention of injuries and oppressions" the United States should have "the sole and exclusive right of regulating the...their affairs in such manner as they think proper." 7 Stat. 21. By the treaty of 1820 (October 18) in order "to promote the civilization of the Choctaw...

...in their treaties to be under the protection of the United States; they admit that the United States shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with them, and managing all their affairs as they think proper; and the Oherokees in particular were allowed...

...in their treaties to be under the protection of the United States; they admit that the United States shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with them and managing all their affairs as they think proper. * * * Though the Indians are acknowledged...