Hayes v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court : The claim in this case for horses taken by the Comanche Indians in September, 1866, from the claimant’s decedent, William Hoclochubbee, a Chickasaw Indian residing on the Chickasaw Reservation, ivas referred to the court April 19, 1904, by the Secretary of the Interior, under section 2 of the act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L., 485). The claimant, Amos IT.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court : The claim in this case for horses taken by the Comanche Indians in September, 1866, from the claimant’s decedent, William Hoclochubbee, a Chickasaw Indian residing on the Chickasaw Reservation, ivas referred to the court April 19, 1904, by the Secretary of the Interior, under section 2 of the act of March 3, 1883 (22 Stat. L., 485). The claimant, Amos IT. Hayes, administrator of the estate of said decedent, appeared and filed his petition herein, averring, among other things, that in…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claim herein is for property stolen and carried away by Comanche Indians December, 1866, from the claimant’s decedent, a Chickasaw Indian residing on the Chickasaw Reservation, for which indemnity is sought under article 14 of the treaty between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, June 22, 1855 (11 Stat. L., 614), which reads:
“ The United States shall protect the Choctaws and Chickasaws from domestic strife, from hostile invasion, and from aggression by other Indians and white persons not subject to their jurisdiction…
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