United States Ex Rel. Ray v. Hibner

CAVANAH, District Judge.

The United States invokes the jurisdiction of this court to hear and determine the rights of Indian wards (and their heirs) of the government to the use of the waters of Toponee creek, in Bannoek county, Idaho, for irrigation and domestic purposes, upon the ground that such rights were granted to the Indians under the treaty made between it and them, known as the “Ft. Bridger Treaty,” of February 16, 1869 (15 Stat, 673).’

The complaint sets forth 22 allotments of land granted by the government to the Indians, which were formerly included in the Ft. Hall Indian…