Copied from pg 281 of Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States, at the Term of 1900-01, with Abstracts of Decisions of the Supreme Court in Appealed Cases, from October 1900 to May 1901, Vol XXXVI. Case: Wily P. Allred v the United States and the Ute Indians, decided April 1901.
The Reporters’ statement of the case:
- The following are the facts of the case as set forth in the findings of the court:
I. At the time of the depredations on the property herein alleged the claimant, Wily P. Allied, was a citizen of the United States, residing at Glencove, Sevier County. Utah.
On March 15 and April 2,1867, said claimant was the owner of horses, cattle, and sheep, which were stolen by the band of Indians known as Black Hawk’s band, from near said place in said county. The stock at the time and place was reasonably worth more than $3,000.
II. In the years 1865, 1866, and 1867 the Ute Indians were divided into separate, distinct, and independent bands; of these bands there were the Tabauches, Uintahs of Tables band, Grand Rivers, Yampahs, Muoches, Weeminuchcs or Weeminuches band, Capotas or Capota’s band, Webber Utes or Little Soldier’s band, San Pitches or San Pitches band, Red Buck’s band, Tenpanogs, Gashutes, Elk Mountain Utes, and others.