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On the recordFebruary 17, 1890
Whatever is done in this case will of course become in some sense a precedent in the cases yet to be dealt with.
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Benjamin Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Message to Congress Reporting on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation

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