As we know...Clearly, in the times that predate the Constitution, Natural (& Naturel in Frech), Native and Indigenous (or Indigenes in French) were all alike in meaning.
Just a few examples...
The new spelling dictionary
Author: John Entick
Published: 1780
Original from: University of Lausanne
From: http://books.google.com/books?id=xZUPAAAAQAAJ
A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the author. To which is prefixed, an English grammar. To this ed. are added, a history of the English language
Author: Samuel Johnson
Edition: 3
Published: 1768
Original from: Oxford University
From: http://books.google.com/books?id=bXsCAAAAQAAJ
And...welcome to FR devattel!
The royal dictionary, french and english, and english and french Author: A. Boyer
Publisher: T. Osborne, 1764
Original from Ghent University
From: http://books.google.com/books?id=k7c_AAAAcAAJ
Same author...4 years later...
The royal dictionary English and French and French and English: extracted from the writings of the best authors in both languages
Author: Abel Boyer
Publisher: printed by John Mary Bruyset, 1768
Original from the Complutense University of Madrid
