Further Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends
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Excerpt from Further Proceedings of the Joint Committee Appointed by the Society of Friends: Constituting the Yearly Meetings of Genessee, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore; For Promoting the Civilization and Improving the Condition, of the Seneca Nation of Indians, From the Year 1847 to the Year 1850 But that progress had been more rapid, than their friends, who were actively engaged in promoting it, had expected. In order to explain the late movements of the Seneca nation, it will be necessary to review the previous state of that people, and the changes to which they have been subjected, by the various and powerful influences of Civilization pressing on them throughout all their borders. Before the arrival of Europeans in America, and, indeed, until within a very few years past, the Indian tribes on this Continent were governed by Chiefs, chosen by the Clans, and formally installed by the Nation, in a general Council held for that purpose. From the little known of them in their original state, it appears that their Government was only adapted to a very simple condition of Society. Their lands were held in common; every individual in the nation without distinction or exception having equal rights in them; (See app. doc. G) of course they required no laws to regulate titles to Real Estate, or prevent fraudulent conveyances; - they held very little personal property, and that little, from the force of the moral feelings; in their inartificial state, was safe in the bosom of society, without lock or key. There was no coercive power vested in their Chiefs. They had no jails, gibbetts, nor penitentiaries; - no Constables nor Sheriffs. Parental authority, in our sense of that term, was unknown, or rested on persuasion. Obedience was prompted more by kindness than punishment. In fine their Government was based on feeling, not on force; and therefore was unsuited to a state of Society, in which all the passions and propensities of our Nature are fully developed, but not fully brought under the restraints of religious principle. As the Senecas advanced from barbarism toward civilization, their Government failed to answer the purposes of a government. Formerly the Chiefs held no more property than the poorest individual in the nation. Their authority resting on their popularity alone; there was then no danger of any abuse of power. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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