Wat-Tah-Noh-Zhe v. Moore
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Ottazva County; T. L. Brown, Judge. Action by Wat-tah-noh-zhe and Francis Q. Goodeagle against James K. Moore to cancel a contract for the assignment of royalty, and to cancel a mining lease, etc. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBERTSON, C.
Wat-tah-noh-zhe is a full-blood Quapaw Indian, and the allottee of the land described in the record, under the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved March 2, 1895, c. 188, sec. 1, 28 St. at L. 907. Francis Q. Good-eagle, also a full-blood Quapaw Indian, is her husband. On June 7, 1897 (Act June 7, 1897, c. 3, p. 1, 30 St. at L. 72), Congress enacted a law providing:
“That the allottees of land within the limits of the Quapaw agency, Indian Territory, are hereby authorized to lease their lands, or any part thereof, for a term not exceeding three years, for farming…
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