Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.
This case is brought before us by a writ of error to the district court for the district of Iowa.
In an Indian treaty, made the 4th of August, 1824, between the United States and the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians, for a large cession of territory within the limits of the State of Missouri and elsewhere, there was reserved the small tract of land lying between the rivers Des Moine and the Mississippi, and...
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