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He says;
Wants a title to his land for he is afraid the land he has worked on may be taken from him & he wants a title so that no one can take his land from him or his children - (Has thought so for this belongs neither to the Citizen or old Chief party.
Told him if the land was given to these with titles, that they must have laws. there 175 to 200 white people for every Indian & they all have the same laws.  If titles are given they Indian stays here & he must have laws to protect ^[[him from]] the whites.)
It took me over 2 hours to get at these facts. No direct questions seems understood.