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Show Josenh R. Murdock. "Somebody wrote a letter to Senator Smoot o.nd signed Dick's name, and Dick Wanrodes did not write the letter. He went to Washington to te"1] Senator Smoot that he did not write the letter-" N_cCook. "It i3 not ri~ht, he just stole av/ay from here. Tiiat3 the reason why we do not want to lease this land at all. These fellows want to keep the land." Joseph E. Murdock. "If you lease that ground, Mr. McCook, then all the Indians get some of the money and it ~oes to their credit and all the Indians get some of it. Mr. Carter used tha.t ground ten years ago. Mr. Murdock used it maybe five yea.rs." Eon Aiccouree. "Hold on and. do not lease it. We are going to keep it for our stock. I have a few cattle and horses and want to \eex> this grazing ground. We have horses and get some lettle money out of them and a few cattle .iust the sa.me as-- the sheep these men have. Are my cattle going to starve and. am I going to get the price out of rr.y stock?" Wltchitto. "I do not like the land to be leased, what these mem are talking about. I hear them say they are going to pay the Indians for leasing the ground. It is not right, they do not want it leased. I have a few cattle and they belong |