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was told these brothers had cut this timber. Peter came to me saying they had no wagon to haul the lumber, he being the possessor of an broken down worthless one, and the others having none, he asked for a wagon that he could get the lumber on to their ^[[allotted]] land, some twelve or fifteen miles away, so that his brothers could build on their land as he and they wished to live and work on their allotments. I did not hear that he had ever received a team of horses.

Peter Decora was on the police force during the first year and a half of my stay at Winnebago Agency. Late in October 1889 at a gathering of the people some had brought whisky and Peter drank of it. I saw him and others under its influence, later he was removed from the police. The pittance of the salary was a loss to the family and the ease with which the money was earned was acceptable to Peter; I have no doubt but that he has since tried to get back.

When I went over ^[[with Agent Ashley]] the list of men to be helped, I rejected all those who had cast away their wives and little children, or had taken other men's wives. I suggested to the Agent that a moral lesson would