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He says: About 10 years ago nothing used to trouble him he never used to worry about anything. but now he he wants to be like the white people and have laws & government. the white people have government and are all right but the Indian are not. Now, as they are, the Indians are not all right always, they have trouble among themselves. He thinks if they had land they would not have that. When he went on his claim they gave him a certificate for it & he thought it was all right, but he found out it was not. Now he wants something that will make the land his so he can keep it always. If they had titles to their land they would not be afraid of anybody, they would go to work & work hard on their farms. If they had titles to their land when they died their children could have