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C. J. SHAPARD, President.
G.M. BERRY, Vice-Prest.
S.B. BERRY, Cashier.

5224.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
CAPTIAL $50,000.

Pawnee, Okla., 
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to go. Well when we got through, Mr. La Flesche paid me $1.50 pr day while he paid him $1.00 per day. Again I had to loan him $10.00 to please the old man. Then we came home people talked about us and tried every way to make the old man angry at me. I have had to keep him [[strikethru]]little[[/strikethru]] money – The people worries him and he comes and tells me a whole lot and worries me. It has been very unpleasant to me. Now where we came the second times he was very careful to see that I got us more then he did You know you paid me $1.25 per day and $1.002 him, I had to pay him some of my money. When we got home few days after Indians came to me and said old man says you cheated him. When I saw him he denied and said people were trying to prejudice my mind against him. Any how old man and I get along and at the present time he invited me to carry the white-stick with him and travel over to the [[Skudee?]] village to have a Pipe dance. He says I am the only one who knows anything about it and wanted me for his mate. I decline as you know I have to work in could not go – I talked to him so put them off and he is alright. Your Scout comes and tells me he knows any ceremony upon these have had and say. I can not go unless she pays me $3.00 pr day; and when I come back and [[?]] does not like it I shall know that I was paid and ceremonies would be