McKee v. Henry
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Bill in equity by Hugh Henry, guardian of Coy Warden, against W. L. McKee. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Clarence N. Warden was not a member of the' Creek or Muskogee tribe of Indians, and has never been received or enrolled as such, but he lawfully married a woman of part Creek Indian blood. She was recognized as a member of the Creek tribe, and bore to Warden two sons, Coy Warden and Hugh Warden, and then died leaving as her sole issue said sons. Hugh Warden was born in January, 1899, and died November 28, 1899.
Under the fourteenth article of the treaty of March 24, 1832 (7 Stat. 366), the third article of the treaty of February 14, 1833 (7 Stat. 417), by the letters…
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