Joseph McKenna, United States v. Navarre — Opinion of the Court
“ Claims for depredations committed on members of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians were referred to the court of claims for adjudication by the acts of congress hereafter quoted.The appellees, in pursuance of said acts of congress, filed a petition setting forth claims for depredations committed on them by white men, and prayed judgment therefor.The proof showed depredations committed by Indians as well as by white men, and the court of claims gave judgment accordingly (33 Ct. Cl. 235) , and the United States appealed.Only the claims allowed for property taken by Indians are contested. ”
