Ch. 1. The Illinois and Wabash land companies : purchases and petitions -- Ch. 2. Harper -- Ch. 3. Before the court -- Ch. 4. Virginia, Kentucky, and the complex politics of early republican federalism -- Ch. 5. The opinion -- Ch. 6. Legacies -- App. 1. The 1810 memorial -- App. 2. The agreed statement of facts and objections to the claims
Summary
"This is a tale of political collusion and unintended consequences. It is a story of how a spurious claim gave rise to a doctrine - intended to be of limited application - that itself gave rise to a massive displacement of persons and the creation of a law that governs indigenous people and their lands to this day."--BOOK JACKET