Three years ago Fargo and Peake of Ogema, Minn., came to my house and asked if I had any dead allotments to sell. I told them I had three: Naysh-kah-we-gah-bow, age 36 yrs.; Mah-co-day-we-gwaince, and Zo-zed, age about 4 yrs. Fargo and Peake said that they would take these three trust patents of the dead allotments to be probated. They also stated that when my grandchildren (who were also heirs) come of age they would pay the value of these allotments. This summer they paid me $130. This is all I have ever received. My wife and I signed papers. Willie Lufkin, was interpreter. I paid him one dollar ($1.00). About the middle of June, 1909, I took the trust patent of my deceased grandchild, Simon Smith, to J. T. Van Metre of Mahnomen, Minn., to be probated. I have received no money. This was allotment No. —— for —— The allotment of Naysh-kah-we-gah-bow was No. 2323 for S2SE—Sec. 2—144–41; of Mah-co-day-we-gwaince was No. —— for ——; of Zo-zed was No. 2326 for E2SE—Sec. 5—144–40. _His mark_ MAYN-WAY-WAY-BE-NACE. Witness to mark Georgia Lacy Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23d day of August, A.D. 1909. WARREN K. MOOREHEAD _Spec. U. S. Indian Agent_ STATE OF MINNESOTA } SS COUNTY OF BECKER } Margaret Coburn, or Margaret Colburne Age 45. Allottee Orig. 2951, Lots 1–2–&9, Sec. 6, Twp 142, R 42. On this 6th day of September, A.D. 1909, before me, W. K. Moorehead, Spec. U. S. Indian Agent, personally came Margaret Colburne, who being first duly sworn by me according to law, deposes and says: That about two years ago, in August, 1907, a man named Ephraim Budrow came to my house at Cloquet, Minn., and finding me there alone and observing my crippled condition, said, “I am surprised to see you in this condition. Why don’t you sell some of your land?” He asked me how much land I had. This man seemed to know about my land. He asked for the two trust patents of my deceased husband, Joe Colburne, No. 2950 for SW|4 of SW|4, Sec. 32 & SE|4 of SE|4, Sec. 31, T 143—42, for my own trust patent, as above, and for that of my child Joseph, No. 2953 for Lots 4 and 12, Sec. 30, Twp 143, R 42. Said Budrow walked back and forth in the room in an excited and nervous manner, and presently he went out before I could stop him, taking the three trust patents with him. Because of my crippled condition I could not run after him but managed to crawl to the window and called to him to stop. He paid no attention to me.