Chickasaw Nation v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporten3 statement of tbe case: ■ Tbe transmission of tins claim of tbe Cbickasaw Nation against tbe United States, founded on treaty-obligations, will be found set forth in finding II. The Nation appeared by counsel, and filed a petition verified by their Governor. It did not, however, appear that any legislative authority on the part of the Nation sanctioned this litigation.
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The Reporten3 statement of tbe case: ■ Tbe transmission of tins claim of tbe Cbickasaw Nation against tbe United States, founded on treaty-obligations, will be found set forth in finding II. The Nation appeared by counsel, and filed a petition verified by their Governor. It did not, however, appear that any legislative authority on the part of the Nation sanctioned this litigation. The following facts were found by the court and reported to the Secretary of the Interior : I. Pursuant to the provisions of the treaty between the-United States and the Chickasaw Nation of June 22, 1852, an…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
The removal of the Choctaws, Cherokees, and Chickasaws from the territory which they occupied at the beginning of this century gave rise to numerous difficult and complicated questions : first, questions political in their nature, all now happily ended by the settlement of the different tribes in the Indian Territory, where they are successfully pursuing the path of modern civilization; second, questions financial in their nature, springing from the treaties by virtue of which the Indians emigrated from the Bast.
It became necessary for the protection of the Indians, no less than for the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jackson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1884
- Choctaw Nation v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1886
3Cited by4 opinions
- S. N. T. Fratelli Gondrand v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1964
- In re WrightUnited States Court of Claims · 1914
- Hayes v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1909
- Thingvalla Line v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1889