Ute Indians v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiffs are a confederated band of Ute Indians between whom and the Government of the United States the relation of guardian and ward has existed since February 2, 1848. On June 30, 1908, the total number of Indians composing the plaintiff confederated bands was as follows: White River Utes, known also as the Xampa and Grand River bands_ 295 Uinta Utes- 427 Southern…
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiffs are a confederated band of Ute Indians between whom and the Government of the United States the relation of guardian and ward has existed since February 2, 1848. On June 30, 1908, the total number of Indians composing the plaintiff confederated bands was as follows: White River Utes, known also as the Xampa and Grand River bands_ 295 Uinta Utes- 427 Southern Utes, known also as the Muache, Capote, and Wee-minuche bands- 808 Uncompahgre Utes, known also as the Tebaguache band_…
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
The plaintiffs are ten tribes of Indians, known as the Confederated Bands of the Ute Indians (referred to hereinafter as the Ute Indians), who sue herein for an accounting to them under the agreement made by them with the defendant by an act of Congress approved June 15, 1880 (21 Stats., 199).
The same claim, known as Congressional case No. 11248, was referred to this court by resolution of the. Senate under the fourteenth section of the Tucker Act,, but was dismissed on defendant’s motion in March, 1908, for want of jurisdiction. (43 C. Cls. R., 260.)
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