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laid claim to her brother's land, and that the case now to be laid before the Agent Chas. E. Monteith. Owing to the condition of her children, and her own health. Mrs Ninepipes did not reach the Agency, over 70 miles distant promptly, and when she arrived she was told by Capt. Kane, at that time one of the Indian Judges that her case was decided in favor of Nine pipes' sister. The widow then went to Agent Monteith to inquire as to why he had taken her husbands land etc from her & her children. Agent Monteith said she was not legally married to Nine-pipes and could not have the land, but if the sister did not contribute toward the support of the children the property should revert to her and her children by Ninepipes. Two horses and two cows were all that the widow & three children were permitted to receive of [[insert]] the [[/insert]] estate of Nine-pipes by the decision of Agent Monteith.

From testimony taken by me when this case was investigated Dec. 4. 1889, I learned from the men who were Judges under Agent Norris to whom Mrs