They are run over farm land by permission of the landowners. Often large land was owned by the major landowners and lords. These records include those of early landowners and pioneer settlers. Unalienated land is owned under customary title by traditional landowners. The agrarian reforms included the illegal expropriation of large landowners. Upper class Indians, rich landowners and businessmen were favoured. Land enclosure has been condemned as a gigantic swindle on the part of large landowners. Many creoles were prosperous landowners and merchants. The sundering of the relationship between the landowners and the island's residents proved consequential. This movement recruited supporters from both the large landowners and peasantry. The bison's circumstances remain an issue of contention between Native American tribes and private landowners. It was also based on donations from wealthy private landowners. Small landowners who possessed a domain without distinction () or serfs were called . A minority of the "Cromwellian" landowners were Parliamentarian soldiers or creditors. The extent of indebtedness among Highland landowners was enormous.