Skeem v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Suit by the United States and another against C. S. Skeem and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants^ appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
[1] 'The United States brought a suit on behalf of certain Indians who had belonged to the Ft. Hall Indian reservation, to determine their rights as against the appellants herein to the waters of Indian creek for irrigation purposes. In 1868 a treaty was consummated between the United States and the Bannacks and the eastern band of the Shoshones, known as the Ft. Bridger Treaty, which in 1869 was ratified by Congress (15 Stat. 673). Article 6 of the treaty provided that any Indian who might desire to commence farming might select a tract of' land “within the reservation…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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