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They roull -nut it at un 4,', • 's it an honor to be q21 Indian?A.- Ao, sir.Q. -War i t the reverse?A.- L.,f course it wast ,T,0 -txritlilltviiiric; the sentiLient of the neo7. 0 e the re .towardthose who claimed to be Choctaw at that time, kid youall continue to clnim t all tin -es, your CilloctiN descent?- Yes, sir. And under n.,11 circu -:- .,stArtces, so far n,s I r.37.1 concerned.I never knew any of them to deny itQ. - What a7e, was your mother when she lied?I SUTrre 60 or 65, 1 h2ve no record of it7':en did,slhe e ?A.- I think about 1870. I came to Texas i. 1 69 or '68 nrirl shestarted after -1i4 and stored in nother Co '..ty aniiwent down in the fall and brou:JA her up there, but shedied that fall; she had c.„re oA in the SPrin7 before that.qo Vas she older or youn!Tr than Murrill?—Ak.,1-ae- was the oldest one of the but I don't know whethershe was older than idurrill or not. I think she was., but icould not sre-r nositively that it was a fnct..11r. Mansfield;Q. - Aaron Askew w o a very noioular man then, he as electedcollector, notwithstandina- the fact that he 17F1 in indian,and the fact that he wore Lio caEins ?A.- J don't knows He wri.,s a very popular man from the fact thathe 171(12 elected to office.11r. Nor:I WM `1,s1.7 you if they did not run it on him in the ell..ection?A.- I don't know; I was too youn.7.tness excused.