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the maker, & gave titles to the 1/2 breeds & they lived there- Some way they left the land and came up here. The old chiefs took them in, the tribe did not want it. And most of all they are not good women they have children and they are not married & no one knows when they are married.  All these 1/2 breeds said their land was gone & so they came here, this is not true for one of them just went down there and got some money for her land. They always drain the annuities and when anything is issued they receive an equal share. Now they tell the Indian they have power over them, they brag & say they can speak the English language. The Indians love their land, when they have land they love it, but these women do not they left their land and came here. When ever the Indians say anything to them or about them these women reply that the Agent [[?]] me to say whether or not