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7045. PROPERTY, Protection of.—[continued].

We give you [Choctaws] a copy of the law, made by our great
Council, for punishing our people, who May
encroach on your lands, or injure you otherwise.
Carry it with you to your homes, and
preserve it, as the shield which we spread
over you, to protect your land, your property,
and persons.—
Address to the Choctaws. Washington ed. viii, 192.
(1803)