Kendall v. United States

■ These petitioners, Amos and John E. Kendall, represent that, being *262referred by the Senate to this court, they submit the following as the origin and substance of their claim :

That in 1843 they were applied to by the Western Cherokees, being that portion of the Cherokee tribe of Indians which emigrated to the country west of the Mississippi river prior to the year 1835, to aid them as agents and counsel in prosecuting an important claim against the United States. That the Indians had no other means of compensating counsel than by giving a lien on a portion of the claim itself; and becoming…