Phineas Pam-To-Pee v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEALS FROM THE- COURT OF CLAIMS. The questions involved in this case grow out of the stipulations of certain treaties entered into between the United States and the Pottawatomie Indians within the period covered by the years 1795 to 1816, inclusive.
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APPEALS FROM THE- COURT OF CLAIMS. The questions involved in this case grow out of the stipulations of certain treaties entered into between the United States and the Pottawatomie Indians within the period covered by the years 1795 to 1816, inclusive. In some of the treaties various tribes united with the Pottawatomies, but the tribes were recognized by the government as being distinct from one another, and their respective rights and duties under the treaties were therein defined and set forth. In others the Pottawatomie Indians were included in the, tribe designated as the united nation of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
The act of March 19, 1890, entitled “ An act to ascertain the amount due the Pottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana,” conferred jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to “ try all questions of difference arising out of treaty stipulations with the said Pottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana, and to render judgment thereon.” The act granted power to said court to “ review the entire question of difference de novo,” and provided for an appeal to this court by either party.
In pursuance of the provisions of this statute, on the 14tb of April, 1890, a petition was filed in the Court of…
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