Ke-tuc-e-mun-guah v. McClure

This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant, based upon a promissory note dated March 7th, 1872, and due one day after date.

The appellant answered : First. Admitting the execution of the note in suit, but averring that the appellee ought not to recover on the same because he is a member of the Miami tribe of Indians; that he was, at the date of said note, and at the time the debt for which it was given accrued, to wit, in 1870 and 1871, and has at all times since continued to be, up to the present time, a member'of the band of Me-shinggo-me-sia, and has at all times been, remained…