Wilson v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter^ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. At the time of the depredations hereinafter mentioned the. claimant’s decedent'was a citizen of the United States. II. The defendant Indians charged with the alleged depredation were members of tiie tribes known as Creeks, Semi-nóles, Cherokees, Delawares, Chickasaws, Poncas, Pawpaws, and other tribes unknown to the court.
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On the Proofs. The Reporter^ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. At the time of the depredations hereinafter mentioned the. claimant’s decedent'was a citizen of the United States. II. The defendant Indians charged with the alleged depredation were members of tiie tribes known as Creeks, Semi-nóles, Cherokees, Delawares, Chickasaws, Poncas, Pawpaws, and other tribes unknown to the court. The majority of the said tribes became hostile to the United States, and the members charged with the depredation had fled to Kansas in the winter of 1861…
1Opinion of the CourtHowry, J.
Remnants of different tribes of Indians who fled from their reservations on account of political differences with their brethren at a time when the majority of the Creeks, Semi-nóles, Cherokees, Delawares, and other bands became hostile to the United States, became encamped upon the farm of claimant’s intestate, in Coffey County, Kans., under immediate charge of an agent appointed by direction of the superintendent of Indian affairs for the southern district. The remnants of the tribes mentioned numbered from 3,000 to 5,000, and were known as the Southern Refugees. Some of them were drilled…
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