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they can stay.  Has never spoken of this before, but will say something when the new agent comes.

He took a claim for his son out on the Omaha creek &  put up a little house so it might be known as his.  One of the women had a claim adjoining when the land was not good & she claimed half of his & half of hers.  When she broke on his claim he sent a policeman out to see about it, & she told the policeman that he could do nothing about it [[strikethrough]] Stn [[/strikethrough]] an Agent, Sillingham] told her she could do it. (5 or so yrs ago).  The tribe have breaking plows there are not enough & it is hard work to get these. & these women took 3 & kept them 2 or 3 yrs & let no one use them they said [[I as it.]] Vore. the Agent before the present one Edward, said they could.  Last summer he was out there & he saw the breaking