INDIANS

The aboriginal inhabitants ot North America. Frazee v. Spokane County, 29 wash. 278, 69 Pac. 782. -Indian countrr.. This' term does not nece arily import terntory owned and occupied by Indians, but it means all those portions of the United States designated by this name in the legislation of congre . Waters v. Campbell, 4 Sawy. 121, Fed. Cas. No. 17,264; In re Jackson (C. C.) 40 Fed. 373.-Indian tribe. A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States. Montoya v. U. S., 180 U. S. ·261, 21 Sup. Ct. 358, 45 L. Ed. 521; Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 Pet. 17, 8 L. Ed. 25. [s. 623]