A very rare drop-title offprint of an unusually forward defense of Native American rights first published [and here] in 1829. The tractate argues that the Federal Government over and again treatied with the Indians, then acted in good faith, stole land, massacred villages, and then treatied again. And that the Native Americans should be, and were legally required to be, treatied with as a Nation in good faith, and that America was guilty, repeatedly guilty of essentially war crimes.
An unusually clear, closely argued articulation of the responsibility of the American Government to the aboriginal peoples of America.
It fell on deaf ears. The Indian Removal Act passed the following year, laying the groundwork for the Trail of Tears, etc.
Anonymous. A Brief View of the Present Relations Between the Government and People of the United States and the Indians within our National Limits. 1829. 8pp.
A good + copy, bound in wraps, lightly shaken, with light to moderate foxing, light ex library marks, and handled pages.
