...domestic dependent nations. Thev occupy a territory to which we assert a title independen! of t hoir will, which must take effect in point of possession...guardian. They look to our government for protection; relv upon its kindness and its power; appeal to it for relief to their wants; and address the president...

...Marshall said, p. 17, that " they [the Indians] may more correctly perhaps be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory to which...right of possession ceases. Meanwhile they are in a became their condition, with rights beyond that of mere occupancy allowed in the territory of the United...

...reaping the fruit of its discoveries would be so unfriendly a proceeding that a diplomat, even while in state of pupilage. Their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian." the main resting his case on occupation, would not fail to put forward every plausible claim of discovery...

...accuracy, be denominated foreign nations. They may more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory to which...— meanwhile they are in a state of pupilage. Their relations to the United States resemble that of a ward to his guardian. They look to our Government...

...accuracy, be denominated foreign nations. They may more correctly, perhaps, be denominated domestic dependent nations. They occupy a territory to which...point of possession, when their right of possession ceases—meanwhile they are in a state of pupilage. Their relations to the United States resemble that...

...Marshall, called them " domestic, dependent nations," and further defined their relations as follows : " They occupy a territory to which we assert a title...States resembles that of a ward to his guardian." The Indian title to the tribal lands has been held to be a mere right of occupancy ; he is not a citizen...

...Marshall, called them "domestic, dependent nations," and further defined their relations as follows : " They occupy a territory to which we assert a title...States resembles that of a ward to his guardian." The Indian title to the tribal lands has been held to be a mere right of occupancy ; he is not a citizen...

...land, would be an invasion of the rights of the United States government and an act of hostility. " They occupy a territory to which we assert a title independent of their will, which must take 1 See opinion of Mr. Justice Bald- 25 Pet. 1. win, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 * 6 Pet 515, 536....

...was said by Chief Justice Marshall in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 Pet. 1, at page 17. 8 L. Ed. 31 : "They are in a state of pupilage. Their relation to...States resembles that of a ward to his guardian." It was early apparent that, if the Indians were to retain the possession and title of lands set apart...

...dependent condition; and Chief Justice Marshall's description, that "they are in ft state of pupilage," and "their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian," has become more and more appropriate as they have grown less powerful and more dependent. Cherokee...