Supreme Court of the United States February 23, 1904, 322, 323 (United States v. the Choctaw Nation and the Chickasaw Nation)

Mr. Justice McKenna,

after stating the casé as above,.delivered the opinion of the court.

Full quotations have necessarily been inade 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?