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<br />people, who are 1IlU'ds of the nn tion and depend- <br />ent whollT upon ita protection and good faith. <br />This rule or construction Me been recognized <br />without exception for more than a hundred TeanJ * ... .... I" <br /> <br />A. relaxation of this rule wr;r be indicated by a <br /> <br /> <br />recent (lIarch 12, 1945) decision of the United Statea <br /> <br /> <br />SUpreclll Court in the ca.e of RartlDYeatern llaIxIa of Shoehone <br /> <br /> <br />Indians v. U. S., J24 U. S. 33$, 6$ S. Ct. 690, whe""in it <br /> <br />was stated I <br /> <br />"Petitioners .uggest that in the 0 m.truction <br />ot Indian treaties n, as a solt-respecting nation.. <br />beoitate to oonstruc lancuaie, whioh is sal.ected <br />by us as &U8rdian or tho IndWul, to our urd's <br />prejudice. 'All doubts,' S83' pstitioners, 'llIUSt be <br />rooolved in tboir (the Indiana) favor.' Ilr. Justice <br />1ScLea.'"l.. concurring in . Worcester v. oear~, 6 Pet. <br />SlS, at page $82, 8 L. Ed. Wl3, ....1<1, ' e languago <br />used in treatiea lIith t."" Indiana should never be <br />construsd to thsir prejudice.' But the oontext <br />shcnm tlvlt tile Justico :nea.Ylt no more than that <br />tho language ohould be oonstJ'ued in' acoordance <br />with tho tenor of the troa~. 'that,... think, io <br />tbe rule 1IhJ.oh this Court has appllod oonsisten~ <br />to Indill:1 treaties. 1.$ atto!:lpt to dst.ena1ne what <br />tho larties llIOant by the treaty. 11'0 sto ahort or <br />1ts terms to meet alls, us es. <br />Such !!!!Gros tYJ f ~ e 0 or n t..'le <br />relatio:1s bet1l'88n tho United States a."1d the Indlans, <br />is for Conue8S." (1:lapbuis supplied). <br /> <br />Tbe rule 80 stated would S88I1 to modity or relax <br /> <br />the earlier expre8s1on in lIinters v. U.S., 207 U. s. 564, <br /> <br />28 S. Ct. 207, 211, whore it ..... said. <br /> <br />"B7 a rule or interpretation of agreements <br />and trsatiea lIith the Indians, lllIlbiguitiss ocourring <br />will be ""solved fr3ll the stondpoint or the Indiana." <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />0036 <br />