United States v. Forty-Eight Pounds of Rising Star Tea
District Court, N.D. California
At Law. Seizure for violation oí Rev. St. U. S. § 2133, providing that “any person other than an Indian who shall attempt to reside in the Indian country as a trader, or to introduce goods or to trade therein without such license, shall forfeit all merchandise offered for sale to the Indians or found in his possession, and shall moreover be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars.”
1Opinion of the CourtHoffman, J.
It is not denied that the claimant traded with the Indians residing on what has been known as the “ Klamath River Reservation” in this state. The question to be considered is, is the land so known “Indian country” within the meaning of the section referred to. The Klamath Indian reservation was created by executive order, dated *404November 16,1855, pursuant to the act of March 3,1855. It embraced a tract of land extending 20 miles up the river from its mouth, and one mile in. width on each side of the river. It would seem from official reports that during the years following the establishment of…
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