Legal Opinion
Laura Hebah, Administratrix, in the Matter of the Estate of Robert Hebah, Deceased v. The United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided July 15, 1970No. 325-69PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS THE PETITION
DAVIS, Judge.
In February 1869 President Andrew Johnson proclaimed a Treaty between the United States and the Eastern Band of Shoshonees and the Bannack Tribe of Indians. Treaty of July 3, 1868, 15 Stat. 673. One of the treaty clauses, in Article I, provided:
If bad men among the whites, or among other people subject to the authority of the United States, shall commit any wrong upon the person or property of the Indians, the United States will, upon proof made to the agent and forwarded to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Washington City,…
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