...the Indian Nations. That they make such Laws as they Judge Necessary for regulating all Indian Trade. That they make all Purchases from Indians for the Crown, of Lands not within the Bounds of Particular Colonies, or that shall not be within their Bounds when some of them...

...President and Council to make such laws as they judged necessary for regulating the Indian trade, to make all purchases from Indians for the Crown, of...Colonies ; or that shall not be within their bounds, when some of them are reduced to more convenient dimensions. They were to make new settlements, or such...

...approved, the proposed intercolonial federal government was to purchase from the Indians for the Crown "lands not now within the Bounds of particular colonies, or that shall not be within their Bounds when some of them are reduced to more Convenient Dimensions." Among the reasons for this provision in the...