United States v. Santistevan’s Empirical Analysis
1874
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently November 1972
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
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““Those inhabitants of this territory, commonly known as the Pueblo Indians, were transferred with this territory by Mexico to the United States by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848, and, according to the terms of that treaty, have the same relations to the United States which they had to the republic of Mexico, both as regards their persons and property, at the time of the treaty. These relations can only he modiiied, regulated, or changed by Congress in accordance with the terms of this treaty. Articles 8 and 9 of this treaty contain the guaranties entered into by the United States as to persons and property transferred by Mexico to the jurisdiction of the former, and by them are secured to all such persons the same rights of property as are enjoyed by all citizens of tbe United States, and to such persons as should not elect within the time specified in the treaty to retain the character of Mexican citizens admission “to the enjoyment of ail the rights of citizens of the United States according to the principles of the Constitution.” According to the decree dated at Iguala, February 24, 1821 (section 12), these Pueblo Indians were made citizens of New Spain, which afterwards became the republic of Mexico. This section reads thus: ‘Todos los habitantes de la Nueva España, sin distinción alguna de Europeos, Afri-canos ni Indios, son ciudadanos de esta monarquía, con opcion a todo empleo .según su mérito y virtudes’ — which is translated: ‘All the inhabitants o”
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