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<br />"Tho _po.. or thio otatute 18 to prodde <br />tar the d1atr1bution or the ri;:ht to un the <br />_tor to the individual Irtdian_. .. . .. '!'he right. <br />to WlO the wator prior to a dlatribut10n at 1t <br />b7 the SecretarT at the Interior IfIIq be said to <br />be inchoate in the """"0 that the preclao ~ <br />or extent at the rigl1t "'1ened to an 1nd1rldual <br />allottee would be UDdetera1ned, but the ~ is <br />.....ted in so tar u the ex1atmeo at the rigl1t to <br />WlO the ...t.or in the allottes iLl COllCernad. Thia <br />right 18 appurtenant to the lJmd upon which 1 t 1s <br />to ba Wled IV the allottee. 'Rhe:. the allottee <br />bee.... seized at too simple ti tla, atter tho re- <br />IIOV&l ot the roatricUoWl ot the trust ,.tent, <br />then a conveyanco or the lam, in tho &boeneo or <br />a oonl.ror7 intention, would oporate to COl1VeT the <br />right to use the water ... a,r. a~I'1I'.M... <br /> <br />Tho 'l"8st10n at the righ to at white emor. or <br />Indian allotment lands to ""tar _s batore thl Ul11ted Stetae <br />Su_ Court in the case at U. S. T. Powere, 30S U. s. SZ7 <br />S9 S. Ct. 344 (tor tho lowoor court dec1s10Wl in tho ..". <br /> <br />lltigatlo:'\ B88 U. 3. T. !'owens, 16 F. Saw. 15S and U. S. <br />, - <br /> <br />v. Ponrs, 94 P. (2d) 7S3)~ B:r to"" ..ctton tho 1ln1tod States <br /> <br />sought to PI'9V81't diversion 0: _~er !'roi:1 strea:a in the <br /> <br />Crow Indian Reservation b7 tho -.hi to """on of Indian <br /> <br />allot:xnts. n'e quote !M:: tJ-.c o;:1n1on ~ the Ca.a"t (JOS' <br /> <br />U. s. SJ2) I <br /> <br />"Respce>dents llIIl1ntain that undar the Trant)' or <br />11168 ...t.ore wi thin the Reservation wore reserved <br />tor tho equal bonot1 t of tr1bal lll8Clber. (1I'1ntaro <br />T. Unitod Statee, 207 U. s. S64) and that _ <br />allotoonto of land were dul,y::wle tor oxx:lua1ve <br />u.se and thereafter coltV07od in tH, tho right to <br />use SCI:l8 portion of tribal _tI!rs essential to <br />culUvet10n passed t.o the ownere. <br /> <br />-1500 <br /> <br />0027 <br />