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Q.- How old viere you at that time?A.- ell, I could not say, he looked to be -In oil man.Q.- Deicribe hi m to the Court.A.- In vhat way,Q„- Describe him, such thL, as will bring out hisraci al appearancesA.- ell, he vi.1,s a little bit taller than I qm -In', he war, veryQ. - "hatdark coLrolected.vP-3,3 the color of his hair.A.- Well, WhCI I knowed him he wu pry.Lam Aaron Askew or not, an Inlian.Yen, sir, he clai!1;e1 to be.r, Co rni sh;We inter)ose VI objection to the luestin and the answer,for the reason thnt it is the proluction of evi:lence by wayof hear i ay, to establish blool and racial F,tatus.A. - (Con.) Th ,lt ig what I c looked like, I .ion't know what hewas.("\ From Yhat narticular InTln Tribe or family was he descendantA.- e claimed to be a Choctaw.11C OD mi. ; The Nations interpoe the are objection heretofore statedand set forth the sar:ie reasons.dge Adari@;Q.- Ali he tell you he wn,s a Choctlw Lillian? A.- YOB, Rir,Mr. ort.lan•Q.- bo you remember whether he s:r,oke the Choctaw Lazi.77u ,y;eNo, sir.Q.- Do you realemocr whether he did °in° t?Q. - Butoil, I cannot say he did; i know he did not talk podEn1 sh, out I t know Choctqw from any other Lanr„ ..;11,16.7you did know he did not talk ,lood E11-71ich?*