Cherokee Nation v. Journeycake
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. 'On July>19, 1866, the United States and the Cherokee Nation entered into a treaty, 14 Stat. 799, 803, the fifteenth article of which is as follows: “ The United States may settle any civilized Indians, friendly with the Cherokees and adjacent tribes, within the Cherokee country, on unoccupied lands east of 96°, on such terms as may be agreed upon by any such tribe and the Cherokees, subject to the approval of the President of the United…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. 'On July>19, 1866, the United States and the Cherokee Nation entered into a treaty, 14 Stat. 799, 803, the fifteenth article of which is as follows: “ The United States may settle any civilized Indians, friendly with the Cherokees and adjacent tribes, within the Cherokee country, on unoccupied lands east of 96°, on such terms as may be agreed upon by any such tribe and the Cherokees, subject to the approval of the President of the United States, which' shall be consistent with the following provisions, viz.: Should any such tribe or band of Indians settling in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
This case hinges on the status of the individual Delawares as members and citizens of the Cherokee Nation, and the rights secured to them by the agreement of April 8, 1867. In order to a correct understanding of this agreement it is necessary to refer to the provisions of article XY of the treaty of 1866. That article contemplated the settlement of other Indians within the limits of the Cherokee country east of the ninety-sixth degree of longitude, and provided for such settlement in two ways: one, in which the Indians settled should abandon their tribal organization, in which case, as…
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