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James Springer - Maho-sha-ga- (30 yrs old)-
Omaha - Father & Mother both
Wife half - breed French & Black Feet - 
Sign of the Red Corn = (never eat it or touch it, if so sores or grey hairs will come-) Band - E-ke-sa-ba.
Children _ [[strikethrough]] 8 [[/striketrough]] 9 - One wife - xxx -
xxx denied her oldest boy for some reason.
Oldest 15. Youngest few months - 5 at school - Mission - 
Always lives here on Resn.
Came to Mission when 18 - here 3 yrs _
Worked on the farm - Learned here to farm 
Changed his clothes then & cut his hair - 
Rec'd certificate about 10 yrs - ago.
Located the land on Omaha Creek - 
Good land with timber - This certificate was taken away when land was sold to the Winnebago. Agent took it - Name, Bainter - The chiefs sold the land and he gave up his certificate for he could do nothing - Rec'd the certificate in the Fall - Land was taken away in the Spring. 
Intended to break it in the summer - had