Commissioners of Land Office of Oklahoma v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States and others against the Commissioners of the Land Office of the State of Oklahoma and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Lot 7 in section 25, township 21 north of range 8 east of Indian meridian, and lot 11 in section 30, township 21 north of range 9 east of the Indian meridian, consist of an island in the Arkansas river above the mouth of Grand river, and lay north of the main channel of that river on June 5, 1872, when the United States by tho act of Congress of that date conveyed and confirmed to the Osage Tribe of Indians its lands in what is now the state of Oklahoma, and bounded themjin the south by “the north line of the Creek country and the main channel of the Arkansas river for…
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