Bush v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe ease: Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. Tbe claimant at tbe time of tbe alleged depredation was a citizen of tbe United States. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe ease: Tbe following are tbe facts as found by tbe court: I. Tbe claimant at tbe time of tbe alleged depredation was a citizen of tbe United States. II. On tbe 26tb March 1856, at tbe Upper Cascade on tbe Columbia River, now State of Washington, a band of Indians now known as tbe Klickatats burned and destroyed property belonging to said claimant which at tbe time of tbe destruction was reasonably worth more than tbe sum of three thousand dollars; tbe said property consisted of a dwelling bouse, groceries, provisions, beds, furniture, and other property; said…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldoN, J.
The findings show that the Indians at the time of the depredation were not in amity with the United States; and the treaty under which it is claimed there is a responsibility on the part of the Indians and the United States did not take effect until after the depredation was committed. The treaty was made on the 9th day of June, 1855, but by the eleventh article it is provided: “This treaty shall be obligatory on the con-' tracting parties as soon as the same shall be ratified by the President and Senate of the United States. ”
On the 8th of March, 1859, the Senate consented to the…
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