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1877.    add 5 acres.     18 acre,
wheat on Son's claim
Corn & wheat on his own & veg.
100 bush for Son's land 
and 97 on his own
corn crop good - 4 loads.

1878 -
The Winnebagos stole again his
working ponies and he has been so
crippled that he has not been able
to add to his cultivated land.
never got back any of his damages.
16 ponies have been stolen from him
by the Winnebagos - he lives near the
line that suffered most.
never got back any but the one -
Last Winter his son saw 2 of their
horses in Sioux city.
2 cows were stolen by Winnebagos.