United States v. Foster
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
Replevin brought by the United States against the defendant for a quantity of logs which, it is alleged, were cut on the Oneida reservation, near Green Bay, in the state of Wisconsin.
1Opinion of the Court
DRUMMOND, Circuit Judge.
The facts of the case seem to be substantially as follows: On the 8th day of February, 1831, the Me-nomonee Tribe of Indians, by articles of agreement made with the United States, which were afterwards ratified by the senate with a proviso not affecting the question in this case, which thereby became a treaty between that tribe and the United States, ceded a certain tract of land to the United States for the benefit of the New York Indians. That tract included what is now known as the Oueida reservation. It would seem that at that time, the Oneida Indians were in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. MerriamDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1871
3Cited by2 opinions
- Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1964
- Blacksmith v. . FellowsNew York Court of Appeals · 1852