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"Our Indians are evidently in that state of nature which has passed the association of a single family ; and not yet submitted to the authority of positive laws, or of any acknowledged magistrate.
Every man, with them, is perfectly free to follow his own inclinations. But if, in doing this, he violates the rights of another, if the case be slight, he is punished by the disesteem of his society, or, as we say, by public opinion; if serious, he is tomahawked as a dangerous enemy"
-- Thomas Jefferson; letter to Francis Gilmer (1816)
Every man, with them, is perfectly free to follow his own inclinations. But if, in doing this, he violates the rights of another, if the case be slight, he is punished by the disesteem of his society, or, as we say, by public opinion; if serious, he is tomahawked as a dangerous enemy"
-- Thomas Jefferson; letter to Francis Gilmer (1816)
