Seneca Nation v. United States

Peelle, Ch. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The question now arises on the application of the Seneca Nation of Indians and the Onondaga, Cayuga, and Tuscarora tribes of Indians for an appeal from the decrees of the court entered herein May 18, 1905, and May 7, 1906, respecting the persons entitled to share in the judgment rendered in said cause November 22,1898, for the sum of $1,998,744.46, on the mandate of the Supreme Court reversing the judgment of this court (170 U. S. R., 1; 173 id., 466).

The cause was prosecuted under the special act of January 28, 1893 (27 Stat. L., p. 426),…