On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:29:22 -0700, Fletis Humplebacker
wrote:
>Kalifornia Kritter wrote:
>
>> The United States of America had their eye on California too, believing
>> it was Manifest Destiny that America would spread from the Atlantic to
>> the Pacific ocean. After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded half of
>> all territory claimed by Mexico, the Yankee lawyers went to work on the
>> land titles of all the Spanish and Mexican land grantees. The Mexicans
>> and Spaniards thought that their land grant was in perpetuity, a matter
>> of respect and tradition and honor that the Yankee lawyers laughed
>> at...
>
>You have an selective and odd view of history. Are you unaware of how the
>Spaniards claimed land from the natives? Or how the natives claimed land
>from
>other natives? Your history in a bubble approach reeks of self serving
>interests. Pretty much what you are criticizing, by the way.
You have a good point. But the history of real estate in
California starts with the Spanish claims of all land; the
history of land held by the origianl inhabitants is irrelevant to
the present situation.
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