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Q. - Lauderdale(Jounty?A.- Yes,Know nny oircuilistance connected with his nLarriae to hiswife?A.- Only hear say.Q,- Know 7hether or not he had to steal her and leave the state?I have herri them sneak of it,Q .- - 1-ere -lid he 5 ,1) to ?A.- lissouri„joniLsh;We object to the hear say tertit:Aony.Normrtn;After he was married to his wife, be then returned toL ,I,uderirde County?A.- I don't know; I never sIT7 him until he came back.Q.- He was ::pne three or four -yars, was it not?A.- Yef -, sir, I think it wq,s,n.- Did you kflOW from what race of people Tom, lUrrill andAaron descended from?A,- Yes, sir.Q. - \1412t were they?A.- Choctaw Indians.O.- You say you seen Aaron Askew?A.- Yes, sir, many a time; worked with him many a dm. 0Q. - 1)escribe his amen.rance, in no f91- a• it reflects racialfeatures, to the Court.A He really looked to be about a full blood Indian in com-Iliacti lexion,Q.- to you knnw whether he spoke the Choctaw Lan7liage, or not?A.- tell, I could not testify positively, bec2,u7e I Was tooyoung; I W1,2 not more than fifteen years old vhen he died.