N.Y. Indian Law § 28: Keeping or pasturing of cattle; damages; penalty

§ 28. Keeping or pasturing of cattle; damages; penalty. Any person

who keeps, pastures, has in his possession, or under his control, any

horses, cattle, or other animals, on lands contained in the Onondaga

Indian reservation, unless the same are kept, pastured, or possessed, as

provided in section twenty-four of this article, shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor, and shall be liable for treble damages for any injury done

by such cattle, horses, or other animals while on said reservation. Any

person who shall keep, pasture, have in his possession, or under his

control, any cattle, horses or other animals, on lands contained within

the Onondaga Indian reservation and leased under the provisions of

section twenty-four of this article, shall be liable to the person

damaged for any injury done by such cattle, horses, or other animals,

through trespass or otherwise; and the fact that the person damaged, or

any other person, has failed to erect any fences, or has failed to keep

any fences in repair, shall be no defense in an action brought under

this section, for injury done by such cattle, horses or other animals.