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U.S. v. THE CHOCTAW NATION AND THE CHICKASAW NATION

Nos. 322, 323.

193 U.S. 115 (1904)

24 S.Ct. 411

48 L.Ed. 640

UNITED STATES v. THE CHOCTAW NATION AND THE CHICKASAW NATION. THE CHICKASAW FREEDMEN v. THE CHOCTAW NATION AND THE CHICKASAW NATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles W. Needham for the Chickasaw Freedmen.

Mr. George A. Mansfield and Mr. A.A. Hoehling, Jr., for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

Full quotations have necessarily been made from the statutes and agreements relied on and from the treaty of 1866, but the questions presented are, nevertheless, not complex.

The main, if not crucial, question is, were the freedmen adopted by the Chickasaw Nation as provided in the treaty? They were declared adopted by the act of 1873 upon certain conditions, but the...

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