NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.



245



equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be



yet:
use
each



(



for it never was
of each. That n



'other, rn



Luch less



divided, bi
o part has
to straricrE



and will not do with laIss. Thb
right to take the land from the It
it first; it is theirs. They ma)
Any sale not made by all is no1
is bad. It was made by a part c
how to sell. It requires all to
All red men have equal riahts 1
The right of occupancy is as go
another. There cannot be two
place. The first excludes all
hunting or travelling; for there
serve many, as they may follow



the camp is
to the first
he has thro
other has a



it belongs to al
a right to sell
brs: those who
e white people
]dians, because
r sell, but all m



t vali



(Z



)nlly.
make
to the
ood ii



P
a
U
11



)ccupati
others.



- TL



'art
ba
nroc
onE
ions



ie



1, for the
, even to
want all,
have no
they had
.ust join.
late sale



do not know
Lrgain for al .
cupied land.
] place as in
; in the same
is not so in



the same ground
each other all day



;



will
but



stationary, and that is occupancy. It belongs
xvho sits down on his blanket or skins, which
wn on the ground, and until he leaves it no
1 right."



  The following characteristic circumstance occurred at
one of the meetings at Vincennes. After Tecurnseh
had made a speech to Governor Harrison, and was about
to seat himself in a chair, he observed that none had



been placed for him. One was immnei
the Governor, and as the interpreter
he said, " Your father requests you
My father 3" says Tece mseh, with gre
pression, "the sun is my father, and the
er; and on her bosom I will repose;



diately ordered by
handed it to him,
to take a chair."'
at indignity of exe
earth is my moth-
:2 and immediate-



ly seated himself,
ground.



in



the



Indian



man ner,



upon



the