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Built home - 
When first went out there cut logs - to make 3 rooms - prairie fire came and burned all but enough for one room - 
3 Amer. horses - 8 ponies for the 3 - 
2 mares had colts - all burned up - 
6 pigs lost - $500 worth
Paid for building house [[?]]
3 rooms - sold crop to pay for it no one helped him - 
[[circled with arrow before 'Paid for']]
Harness burned up  2 pitch forks 400 fence post.
[[/circled with arrow before 'Paid for']] 
The citizen party helped him - gave him 
6 ponies - Harness - 
[[?]] $15 - another [[friend?]] $3 - 
white people at agency helped