United States ex rel. Davis v. Shanks
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This was an application made to the supreme court for a writ of prohibition directed to the respondents. The application was based upon the following statement in the petition. An Indian chief named Que-we-zance, but who was commonly called Hole-in-the-day, was chief of the Mississippi, Pillager and Lake Winnebagoshish bands of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota.
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This was an application made to the supreme court for a writ of prohibition directed to the respondents. The application was based upon the following statement in the petition. An Indian chief named Que-we-zance, but who was commonly called Hole-in-the-day, was chief of the Mississippi, Pillager and Lake Winnebagoshish bands of the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota. The nations to which these bands belonged held treaty relations with the United States at the time of the death of Hole-in-the-day, which occurred in the year 1868, or 1869. ’ By the treaty of May 7, 186J, between the United States…
1Opinion of the CourtMcMillan, J.
By the Court It fully appears that Hole-in-the-day, the deceased, was an Indian .of unmixed blood, and was at the time of his death, and for a long time prior thereto, had been a Chief of the Chippewas of the Mississippi, Pillager, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands of Chippewa Indians, in Minnesota; that he and the said bands did at the- time of his death hold treaty relations to *379the United States; that his children and heirs are Indians ; that the said Hole-in-the-day was at the time of his death possessed of personal property, and of certain real estate hereinafter mentioned.
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