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• catalog abstract "Beginning in the seventeenth century, with the colonization of the Americas, European immigrants and American Indians encountered each other's views on the rights and responsibilities of ownership. Disputes arose as a natural result of the meeting of two cultures, and occasionally these developed into sanguinary conflicts. In 1796 the United States Congress created the depredation claims system to compensate Indians and settlers alike for the loss of property and thereby preserve peace on the frontiers. By presenting the lives of non-Indian people who filed for relief from depredations and the legal and political systems under which they filed claims, Larry Skogen accentuates the distinction between the lofty ideals and the penurious, tedious reality of the claims system. Because the young nation could not afford to pay for every stolen cow or burned farmhouse, rules and policies were imposed on the system to protect the treasury, but they slowed the claims process and turned away legitimate claimants empty-handed. In addition the system, seldom used by Indians, became a target of unscrupulous settlers, who filed fraudulent claims and sometimes, because they had political connections, received compensation for losses never incurred. When the system did provide indemnities, Indian nations paid for the actions of their miscreants of whom they disapproved, or, as much more often happened, the U.S. government used monies from the general treasury to pay lawyers and administrators of the estates of long-dead claimants.".
• catalog contributor b9351686.
• catalog created "c1996.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "c1996.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
• catalog description "Beginning in the seventeenth century, with the colonization of the Americas, European immigrants and American Indians encountered each other's views on the rights and responsibilities of ownership. Disputes arose as a natural result of the meeting of two cultures, and occasionally these developed into sanguinary conflicts. In 1796 the United States Congress created the depredation claims system to compensate Indians and settlers alike for the loss of property and thereby preserve peace on the frontiers.".
• catalog description "By presenting the lives of non-Indian people who filed for relief from depredations and the legal and political systems under which they filed claims, Larry Skogen accentuates the distinction between the lofty ideals and the penurious, tedious reality of the claims system. Because the young nation could not afford to pay for every stolen cow or burned farmhouse, rules and policies were imposed on the system to protect the treasury, but they slowed the claims process and turned away legitimate claimants empty-handed. In addition the system, seldom used by Indians, became a target of unscrupulous settlers, who filed fraudulent claims and sometimes, because they had political connections, received compensation for losses never incurred.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. The Colonial Background -- Ch. 2. The Promise of Eventual Indemnity, 1796-1859 -- Ch. 3. Pursuing the Promise: The Antebellum Years -- Ch. 4. The Promise in Transition: The Indian Office and Congress, 1860-1891 -- Ch. 5. Realizing the Promise: The United States Court of Claims, 1891-1920 -- Ch. 6. The Summer War of 1864: A Case Study -- Ch. 7. Paying the Bill: Indian Depredation Claim Payments -- Ch. 8. Conclusion.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-277) and index.".
• catalog description "When the system did provide indemnities, Indian nations paid for the actions of their miscreants of whom they disapproved, or, as much more often happened, the U.S. government used monies from the general treasury to pay lawyers and administrators of the estates of long-dead claimants.".
• catalog extent "xx, 290 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0806127899 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isPartOf "Legal history of North America ; v. 2".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "c1996.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press,".
• catalog subject "346.7304/32/08997 347.30643208997 20".
• catalog subject "Indians of North America Claims against History.".
• catalog subject "KF8208 .S57 1996".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. The Colonial Background -- Ch. 2. The Promise of Eventual Indemnity, 1796-1859 -- Ch. 3. Pursuing the Promise: The Antebellum Years -- Ch. 4. The Promise in Transition: The Indian Office and Congress, 1860-1891 -- Ch. 5. Realizing the Promise: The United States Court of Claims, 1891-1920 -- Ch. 6. The Summer War of 1864: A Case Study -- Ch. 7. Paying the Bill: Indian Depredation Claim Payments -- Ch. 8. Conclusion.".
• catalog title "Indian depredation claims, 1796-1920 / Larry C. Skogen.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".