In re Woodin

The facts in this case are not seriously in dispute. It appears that William Seeley, ancestor of the respondents, was a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Whatever may have been his tribal ancestry at least he was recognized and enrolled in the Seneca Nation. He settled upon the land in question, which is real estate consisting of a, small farm within the limits of the Cattaraugus reservation and located in the county of Chautauqua. He improved this farm and lived upon it during his lifetime. In the year 1894 he died and his surviving son, Jasper Seeley, continued to make this farm his…