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Show tive to individual applications for enrollment that no action would be taken untii the rolls were finally submitted to the Department for consideration in accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 28, 1898. October 31, 1899, the commission returned the applications, together with a copy of the record in each case. In the application of Isaac Morgan the record was as follows: COXMIS~IOTNO THE F m CIVILIZEDT RIBES, Caddo, Ind. T., August 24, 1899. In the application of Isaac Morgan for enrollment as a Choctaw, being sworn and examined by Commissioner McKennon, he testifies: Q. What is your name?-A. Isax Morgan. Q. How old are you?-A. Fifty-five. Q. You claim Choctaw?-A. Yes, sir. A. Are you on any of the rolls of the Choctaw Nation?-A. No, sir. Q. Have you ever been?-A. No, sir. Q. Have your parents ever been in theChoctaw Nation here?-A. My grand-father is. Q. In the Choctaw Nation here?-A. Yes, sir. Q. What do you know about him of your own knowledgel-A. Nothing; I never saw him in my life; I know just whatmy mother says. Q. Where is she?-A. She is dead. Q. How long has he been dead?-A. I don't know, sir. Q. How long has your mother been ded?-A. About ten years. Q. Your mother was a colored woman?-A. Yes. Q. She was a slave, was she?-A. She was a half-breed. Q. Her mother was a slave?-A. Yea, sir. Q. And your mother wasa slave?-A. Yes, sir. Q. And your mother belonged to old man Pitchlynn?-A. Yes, sir; she and my grandmother, too. Q. Which Pitchlynn was that?-A. William Pitchlynn. Q. Where did he live?-A. In Mississippi, at Catalpa. Q. Where do you live now?-A. I am living down here at Artbus, Tex. Q. How long have you been living thee811 your life?-A. No, sir; I come from Mississippi there. Q. When?-A. I was about 17 when I come there. Q. And have you lived theie ever since?-A. Yes sir. Commissioner MCKENNONY. our enrollment is refused. In the case of McDonough, the following record was made: COMMI~IOTON T EE FIVE CIVILIZEDT RIBEB, Caddo, Ind. T., August, 1899. In the application of Sarah A. McDonough for enrollment as a Choctaw, being sworn andexamined by Commbioner McKennon, she testifies: Q What is your name?-A. Sarah McDonough. Q. How old are you?-A. Fifty-three. Q. Are you on the Choctaw rolls?-A. No, sir. Q. Have you ever been?-A. No, sir. Q Are your father and mother on the Choctaw rolls?-A. No, sir; my brother is. Q Where do you live?-A. I live on the other side of Admare, in the Chickasaw Nation. Q. How long have yon lived there?-A. We have lived there about a year. Q. When did you come to the nation?-A. In the winter of 1897. |