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	.	.. УWe raised a lot of corn, and castor beans. That was the money crop. Corn at that time waenСt hard to raise. People never plowed their corn more than three times, and they got from forty to fifty bushels per acre. There were no weeds and it W~8 virgin soil. One year I got seventytwo bushel of corn per acre, and I just plowed it once. That may sound СfishyС but it is true.W

	УThere used to be a castor bean mill here, and I have seen the wagons of castor beans lined from Logan Street to First Street, waiting to unload . They had to number the wagons to avoid trouble and they made them keep their places. There also used to be a water mil]. here, but it burned.У

	УThere were lots of Indians here in the Chippewas. They were harmles s though . They were great to come in town В and shoot for pennies. They were good shots, and it kept you going to keep them supplied with pennies, for them to sho~with their bows and arrows, as they almost always hit them. They were always dressed in their red blankets.У

	УI have never used ones for work. They were used quite a bit, although t have never used them. They were considered to be good after they were broken.У

	УI was about twenty-two years old when I married, and I have rais ed s ix children . They live over by Appanoos e Х T ru med . n~r health hauling wood. I was always a big fellow, I used to weigh over two hundred eighty-five poun4s, but I worked too hard, working both su~er and winter.У ~
УMy father В s mother lived СU Il she was around ninety or a