The lands granted were in the occupancy of savages and situated in a wilderness, of which the government had never taken possession, and of which it could not with its own citizens ever have taken possession.
William H. WhartonAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: April 27, 1802
- Died: March 14, 1839
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