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Q.- liotwithFltaLlin,s that, ron skewi bein apreacherto be a po7.5ular nt1; the fact that he hal Indian blood lidnot Affect hit, populAritzo much him, •as his offs -ori14,!.., in. ;,.:7 Ch0 0 1The fact that he was a preacher kept him fratiiioularfr3 e he w7 -1.s. coilidered :'..)oor maii and honest and thatwa 7.1,-b ,:::)ut all the ioou1ari ty there was about it'You say that when he wa elected to -Li.. 9 0.: fice he was, requLr i to lize a heavy bond.A e -""don' t t i1i they Ii d; U I not re gill re it of anybody; thatIT,Tic, ter., ye 'Ts • before the WarDid you create the imuression on the min ,J.s of theCourt a while thrl,t Aaron Askev was elected to0 office,that his bond 17 ,,s less tL.1.11 othert.L. No, sir, we had rxil, 'oho held the office ho hd as cheap aboil:- ac he did,- You statci a while 7 ,,,3)U t they dli not rnrike him ie acry heavy bond, rEn:t lid you mean by that,that he was considere•1 an honest riPlito-Di, 1 you mean that he Wa re.deved from the operation of theTrur?A. No, sir..r*,you nean when you stated to the Court that he wasnot r e qui rel. to 4vc a heavy bond?2 .10011.1 was Ii • iU compared with the pre sei•lt dat ek) 11.7 o you know -U.i.,-Lt?C hear .' -Deo -..ole sly that Aaron Askew was not required to:ivc more thin a three hundred do 1 1 ar 'bond ?lid when I runbr office mysclf, I found out that the bond was a good dealthan that.
JuleA. '""Did they reduce his bond?No, ;1,ir....Didthey unke you. give the full limit of the ln.r?A.- An it ha-nencii I ;0.1, beat ani the other man pave tl'e bond.0.- Aaron Askew died about 1862?A.- Yes, f-ir, i think !,,o.Q.- How ()li a iron were you at that time?A.- i exlIcot wan— 1 rns born in 1842 on the 15th dAy ofAoril, -o fry father and mther you on count it xoyourself.Q.- Do you claim to be s citizen?A.- No, (dr.V)ere there 'any In -A.1ns in tf;t Country?A.- Not no any now.Q.- Ve11, when you were there.A.- Mere was a oi ,Yiny Iniims in that country, in ,-)ortionsDo you know vAiatA.- No, '21.1ere in the AitcLeli FrIr, and one or two otherfa;fdlien that are reclnaned to he Indians there yet.,.- Are t hey Choctaws or Uhickanqrs?A.- )CIT:i.0 claim to be ChickasrlTs Rnd come Clloctrovs; they ,rerixed.Q.- Did they vote like other people?„,„- I don't know, scmle of tem are rockone• to he citizens thereI jon't know, if all are, or not.Q.- Did you ever know an indian to hold office in LaLderin.leCoty, excert this man Aaron. Af7kew?A,- Yes . , sir. Gull M.itchefl, hasbren tax collector since the War,but he is not o full as he wan, he is a sixteenth or athirty seconJ.
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country. ?NorTann; I think sometime
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Asker.Q. - -hat w-ks.1 her lialce b
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A.- Yes, sir.Q.- How did he in-Ts?A
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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 and 56: knowed three or four and, three -bo
Page 57 and 58: Q And Ton!?A.- Yes, sir.Q. Mr. LAvl
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Page 65 and 66: sir. He rrotr, back to find out, bu
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Page 73 and 74: yp,A.- Yes, sir.Q.- -A. - Fhat -111
Page 75 and 76: Q.- Did you know .vent trie of Ind.
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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
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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
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Page 100 and 101: Waich one Of the Askews did you eve
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Newt Askew 2 at al,1r3. No, 1.Choc
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IN TIM CHO:: T AVT LTD HiCKAAW ,1 I
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' sr.,A.p -..;9.w1 r d it you know
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A.-- live no t he a r.1 it f*L/rthe
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--It V/ S no t; bifore the Clizrisk
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Q.--you can't ay if itnyth irg nd.
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&X :.:10111e a re ICb 0 s and o the
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mr,)Court admitting them to citizen
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e -rAitled to enrollment as such ci
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SPENCER B. ADAMS, CHIEF JUDGE.WALTE
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SUMMONS.United States of America,IN
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SUMMONS.United States of America,IN
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INDE X.List of applicants to Dawes
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IN RE CITIZENSHIP CLAIM, APPLICATIO
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401k:all one sixteenth Choctaw Indi
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IN THE MATTER OF THE CITIZENSHI: CL
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justice to them and their husbands,
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ATTIDAVI - OF WILLIAM QUINT AITATI.
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Subscribed and sworn before me this
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.01W.(Signed) Willis Howell.Sworn t
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AFFIDAVIT OF ELIZA ASKigi.In re Cit
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