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s9.yA .-7hcy':hey Indins...as Vlore anyt , recuiax !I,bout him to Ji7A:allthe tribeor favily of InAis th.lt they :i.escended from?lookei Toh like the CLootaTs Chickas77s of thisCoutry, since ' have come here and !lot familiar withthe Iniians; they w.s copper .:or,)red; he was particular ly,Lore so tlian children. He as lark as p„ny man inthis house -,hat I see; he was more of a red. caste thanany rrixa I. sec.0 - Do you know 7hetter he spoke the Choctaw LanL, $L.- spoke something anJ said it was CS,oct.9.1• he claimed her‘ooiTI .7)( -2-k both.A.- 12joctac and Chierl,sq, , .Q.- i i you hear 7:im?I 1.,-Are heIrd him .remember them nor.thinpn tut I on't know that I canCan you p eJ. Choctnx yournelf?_ 1 w a few words in Choct9727 or Cic1ascw, just a few vords,but they are so sc-.tterin, that I could, not give thrT, sir.'Did you ever hear any member of the Aske7 TNTwhj, iistinct tribe they had lescenieJ?Mr. Cornish; 'Lat is tile same question over .jutT. Adams; Note the objection.They clatmeJ to be Choctaw inirms.'Mr. Norman;- Is Aaron Askew (lea(A.- Yes, sir.Q.- Is Murrill dead?A.- I su7rose 20.I)ly state from
Q And Ton!?A.- Yes, sir.Q. Mr. LAvlison, what w-z feeling socially in that country,ka ickIt xmaakr ;T towrds parties L. were of thdian Blood,It was not very gpoi; it was thrown up to jlem in schoollike we would to a yellow boy or a mulatto; it is not populn:rto be an IndiPsi in Alr-lb9mQ.- Co you know whether it wn.s U.Me'a a7ninst Mron Askew, thathe was an Liiiirtn, when he ra.n for office.i don't remefAber just about this office business; I hrtveseen him collecting times, to you,,that it ur7d him onto run for office?Q. No, that it was urger r19t him, when he ran for officethat he vP7z an 'Indian.A.- i know that; I know just exactly •t1 -.2t they wr ,..s Indiaa;he was consid ,:red very honest; he was not requirej to j.vevery heavy band for thee taxes in Lauderle County.Q.- 'Ill. he Tear upon his feet?I have seen iin wear EOCCMii17, the sn,Lle as i have the7eLniilns here.Cross Examination.Ur. CorniEh;Q.- What io your naue?A.- J.L.DvillJn.Q. How old are you?A.- i rcko I am 62 vrs oil, 'pril nrtst.No, if the Liembers of Aron Asker's fauily say thnt he didnot speak the Choct ,,Y1 LanolarT, they were mistaken?A.- think they would be, yes, sir.Nonr,an; e object; It is for the Court to arty who is mistaken.Ir. Cornish;__50__
- Page 5 and 6: Asker.Q. - -hat w-ks.1 her lialce b
- Page 7 and 8: A.- Yes, sir.Q.- How did he in-Ts?A
- Page 9 and 10: m'ver1UJu le 11.rnf.' ;,Aormaa;Aida
- Page 11 and 12: tl.en prior to juo:c the Act of j'a
- Page 13 and 14: onA.- Yen, dr, 1 thiiik hc 77'$,,la
- Page 15 and 16: to the Territóry, ni f ,..t.„„
- Page 17 and 18: A Yes, sir.Her ienceniants now live
- Page 19 and 20: None of them moved to the Choctq,r
- Page 21 and 22: '7771,7! ',..!,W7,77"•-:-117..f..
- Page 23 and 24: himA. - Yes,^.- 1, 1-1i,t Tribe?A.-
- Page 25 and 26: A.- Yes, sir,Q.- ti.t ild he state
- Page 27 and 28: A.- He never st!),terl.Q.- Hai he h
- Page 29 and 30: Mr. Norman;Tom Askew,a witness intr
- Page 31 and 32: ▪A.- My mother.i r your mother li
- Page 33 and 34: Bell Hendri x,ri tnes s cal e 1, by
- Page 35 and 36: A.-How old w-,s your father when he
- Page 37 and 38: •• ..itnops claled by the Plain
- Page 39 and 40: Q. - Lauderdale(Jounty?A.- Yes,Know
- Page 41 and 42: Q lie is deal.A. , rj.• t'dth the
- Page 43 and 44: A.- About 1070.Aril. she was about
- Page 45 and 46: fyl, the end of the thirteen years,
- Page 47 and 48: Q.- You exercised the rits and priv
- Page 49 and 50: A.- No, sir.Q Is Pihe living or ,A.
- Page 51 and 52: They roull -nut it at un 4,', • '
- Page 53 and 54: Aaron Askew?lawr L1xrri1l A3T1v and
- Page 55: knowed three or four and, three -bo
- Page 59 and 60: ialr,ble like they o here, but I di
- Page 61 and 62: JuleA. '""Did they reduce his bond?
- Page 63 and 64: A I s d, he lived in our nei ; 1-sa
- Page 65 and 66: sir. He rrotr, back to find out, bu
- Page 67 and 68: couli not tell exac- erc., 9.1").Y
- Page 69 and 70: A.- Fulton County,,Q. Uf courre you
- Page 71 and 72: A.- Me InU n Tribe.Q.- You un',erst
- Page 73 and 74: yp,A.- Yes, sir.Q.- -A. - Fhat -111
- Page 75 and 76: Q.- Did you know .vent trie of Ind.
- Page 77 and 78: You lcft Alabama, *here lid pu Txpe
- Page 79 and 80: Axe' you related hl any way to 3.B,
- Page 81 and 82: C ross Examination,Q.- Who was your
- Page 83 and 84: A.- Yes, sir.An far back as you c'I
- Page 85 and 86: you started directly rlymy from 'wh
- Page 87 and 88: C:Too B ewer,a witness called by th
- Page 89 and 90: Q 7A1h!A thei r nqges ?A.- Bell, Vi
- Page 91 and 92: Q.- ere you ever married?A. - rC.-
- Page 94 and 95: Newt Askew, et/William quint Askew,
- Page 96 and 97: a certain instrament in writing now
- Page 98 and 99: slegt with them zu4 slept with thwm
- Page 100 and 101: Waich one Of the Askews did you eve
- Page 102 and 103: ace of people they were decended?,
- Page 104 and 105: q. What Askews did you roler to as
Q And Ton!?A.- Yes, sir.Q. Mr. LAvlison, what w-z feeling socially in that country,ka ickIt xmaakr ;T towrds parties L. were of thdian Blood,It was not very gpoi; it was thrown up to jlem in schoollike we would to a yellow boy or a mulatto; it is not populn:rto be an IndiPsi in Alr-lb9mQ.- Co you know whether it wn.s U.Me'a a7ninst Mron Askew, thathe was an Liiiirtn, when he ra.n for office.i don't remefAber just about this office business; I hrtveseen him collecting times, to you,,that it ur7d him onto run for office?Q. No, that it was urger r19t him, when he ran for officethat he vP7z an 'Indian.A.- i know that; I know just exactly •t1 -.2t they wr ,..s Indiaa;he was consid ,:red very honest; he was not requirej to j.vevery heavy band for thee taxes in Lauderle County.Q.- 'Ill. he Tear upon his feet?I have seen iin wear EOCCMii17, the sn,Lle as i have the7eLniilns here.Cross Examination.Ur. CorniEh;Q.- What io your naue?A.- J.L.DvillJn.Q. How old are you?A.- i rcko I am 62 vrs oil, 'pril nrtst.No, if the Liembers of Aron Asker's fauily say thnt he didnot speak the Choct ,,Y1 LanolarT, they were mistaken?A.- think they would be, yes, sir.Nonr,an; e object; It is for the Court to arty who is mistaken.Ir. Cornish;__50__
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