NETERER, District Judge.
The United States seeks to quiet title to certain lands claimed by the defendant, purchased by him from the estate of Tsumtilano, an Indian, to whom the land was allotted December 31, 1884.
In 1855, Governor Stevens of Washington territory, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, made a treaty with the chiefs, headmen, delegates, etc., allied Indians. Article 2 thereof provided that "tracts of land should be set apart and, as far as...
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