...were, for example, rarely referred to as subjects of the king (in the Proclamation, they were thus the "nations or tribes of Indians with whom we are connected, and who live under our protection"; see above, quotation, 39, and note 30) and when the issue of jurisdiction over the Indian country was...

...Proclamation the wording is again slightly different: And whereas it is just and reasonahle, and essential to our Interest, and the Security of Our Colonies, that the several Nations or Trihes of Indians with whom We are connected, and who live under our Protection, should not he molested...

...ana essential to our interest, and trie Security of our Colonies, that the several Nations or Trices of Indians with whom We are connected, and who live under our Protectlon, should not be molested or disturbed In the Possession of such Parts of Our Dominions and...

...treaties. (32) From the Native perspective, even Canada's Royal Proclamation of 1763, which refers to "the several Nations or Tribes of Indians with whom we are connected" (in Asch 1984: 57-58), is grounded in representations of Indians that express contradictions and misunderstandings....

...grants. The Indian Provisions And whereas it is just and reasonable, and essential to Our interest and security of Our Colonies, that the several nations...parts of Our dominions and territories as, not having be ceded to or purchased by Us, are reserved to them, or any of them, as their hunting grounds, We...

...Europeans was essentially self-interest: [It is] just and reasonable, and essential to our interests, and the security of our colonies, that the several...or disturbed in the possession of such parts of our Dominion and Territories as, not having been ceded or purchased by us, are reserved to them or any...

...further white expansion, preserve the Indians' lands, and keep the peace. Among its main intentions was that "the several Nations or Tribes of Indians with...Protection, should not be molested or disturbed." "Though these noble intentions were never perfectly implemented as policy, it is not surprising that...

...eastern mountains to the Indian nations, and stated that it is just and reasonable, and essential to our interest and the security of our colonies, that...disturbed in the possession of such parts of our dominions or territories as, not having been ceded to or purchased by us, are reserved to them, or any of them,...

...limit of western settlement at the Appalachian Mountains. "It is just and reasonable and essential to our interest and the security of our colonies that...our protection should not be molested or disturbed." Kimj Qcorge III ^Proclamation o/l 763 At first, the Proclamation of 1763 seemed to work admirably well....

...directly to "Indian" land and the English Colonies: And whereas it is just reasonable, and essential to our interest, and the security of our colonies, that...our protection, should not be molested or disturbed, as the hunting grounds. We do therefore, with the advice of our privy council, declare it to be our...