Dennison v. Topeka Chambers Industrial Development Corp.

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

An 1825 treaty between the United States and the Kansas or Kaw Indians reserved, inter alia, from the cession of land by the Kaws to the United States, one-mile square tracts of land for each of 23 named half-breeds. Treaty with the Kansas Nation of Indians, June 3, 1825, 7 Stat. 244. This proceeding seeks to determine present ownership of the land thus reserved in the 1825 treaty. The land involved comprises approximately 14,500 acres. It is located in the State of Kansas, on the north side of the Kansas River, and includes a portion of the City of Topeka.

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