“ Neither can we find anything in the record to warrant the contention that the plaintiffs in error ever, specially or otherwise, set up the claim, in the course of the litigation in the courts of New York which is under review, of any title, right, privilege, or immunity under the Constitution, or a treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States. ”

“ But, even if the quoted matter is susceptible of the construction that it adjudged that the council of the Onondaga Nation of Indians did not possess the power which it is claimed they attempted to exercise in 1898, to select the University of the State of New York as the depositary for the wampums, it is not apparent, and no reason has been advanced which enables us to discover, how a Federal question can be evolved from the holding referred to which would entitle us to review the judgment below. ”