United States v. Winans
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
In Equity. Suit by the-United States, together with certain Indian plaintiffs, for an injunction to restrain the defendants from interfering with fishery rights guarantied to the Indians of the Yakama Nation, by the terms oí the treaty made and concluded between the United States and said Indians. Demurrer to the bill of complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
The bill of complaint in this case claims for the Yakama Indians an unlimited right to take fish from the Columbia river at a certain specified place, and a right of ingress and egress to and from said place, and a right to erect temporary buildings for curing fish, and for the habitations of said Indians during each fishing season, to the same extent as if such rights were especially granted and conferred by a patent from the proprietor and sovereign of tlie country. The basis for the claims is to be found in the reservations contained in the treaty between the United…
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