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United States ex rel. West v. Hitchcock 205 U.S. 80 (1907) regards a case where the Secretary of the Interior has authority to pass on the right of one claiming to be a member of a band of Indians to select land under an agreement ratified by an act of Congress his jurisdiction does not depend upon his decision’s being right.The United States promised to allot 160 acres (0.65 km2) to each member of the Wichita band of Indians under the Act of March 2 1895 28 Stat. 876 895.