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Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe - Or, the Pretended Riot Explained by William Apes
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DANIEL B. AMOS, _Sec'y. Marshpee, Dec. 23, 1833_."

I quote these articles only because they serve to show that there was
a disposition prevalent among the editorial fraternity, to prejudice
the people at large against the rights and liberties of the Indians.

After our petition had been presented, our delegates obtained
admission into the Hall of the Representatives, where they were
privileged to tell their own story. Our enemies endeavored to hinder
them even of this, though without success; and thankful are we that
they did not succeed. It will be seen from the following, that the
delegation were not unmindful of their duty.

The address of the Marshpee Indians at Boylston Hall, last
evening, was listened to with great attention, by a crowded
house, and with approbation, too, if we may judge from the
repeated marks of applause.

The address at the State House last Friday evening was also
attended by an overflowing house. We were unable to get in,
and cannot, therefore, say what effect was produced by it.

The next is from the Liberator of Jan. 25, 1834.

THE MARSHPEE INDIANS.


This is a small tribe, comprising four or five hundred
persons, residing at the head of Cape Cod, in Barnstable
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