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Nine pipes appealed to set aside the decision of Agent Monteith, that the latter based his action upon the statement of one Wilson who was Judge at Kamiah at the time of Nine-pipes' death and who was an enemy of the deceased. Wilson declared that Ninepipes had deserted his wife and did not wish to live with her. Why this should be a reason for depriving the woman with her unborn child and two living children of their home & to bestow all the property of the husband and father upon a sister who had never lived with her brother, no one was able to explain. The Judges during the term of Agent Norris urged that the land be restored to the widow & children as the example was bad in the tribe, but Agent Norris refused to reconsider the decision

It is the wish of the tribe, excepting those who were interested in obtaining Agent Monteiths decision against the widow & children of Ninepipes, that the land