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the case was sent on to Washington and [[strikethrough]] the case [[/strikethrough]] was decided according to our treaty; and the Peters family had to go away.  They have been threatening to come back ever since.  And last year Frank Peters came back and broke over forty acres in Township 24 Range 8.  We told him to stop and go away.  He laughed at us and said he would not go until the Government should come and take him off.  We have spoken of this matter, but nothing has been done.  This winter other members of their family and their relatives have come up, and they say if the Government does not make Frank Peters go away, they will break land and have farms too on our land.  We have asked people who know the law about this matter and they tell us we should state the [[strikethrough]] matter [[/strikethrough]] case to you.  And that you will tell the courts to take this man Frank Peters off of our land.  The law under which we hold our patents, says that the Government will hold the land safe for us twenty-five years.  And that the land patented to the tribe for the children born during the twenty five years shall be held just as safe as