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[Zorko Clothey]

 grandfather was one of those. He just said no, he wouldn't take it. But
the Government knew that what one Indian had, the rest ought to have or
there would be scrapping over it sooner or later, sure as shooting. "So
old Foxy Grandpa
found a farm wished off on him whether he liked it or not. He was quite
mad about it--so mad that for a long while he wouldn't speak more than
once a week instead of once in a day or two, the way he usually did.
Bimeby he built a house and his boys,
who were all getting an education,
commenced to work the ground and
collect cattle and horses. This commenced to interest grandpa a little,
although he wouldn't help, and he used to sit on the back porch and look
over the farm and watch his children, and just rattle right along,

saying nothing at all. "Then all at once oil was discovered in Oklahoma,
and the Government took
control of the Indian grants. That; is, they dig the wells and give the
Indians a big royalty.

If the well is a dry hole, it does not cost the Indian anything. "The
fellows who knew about such
things came moseying around grandfather's farm and thought they smelled
oil. So they put up a derrick, and commenced to drill right where the
pig yard was, not far from the house. "Grandfather just sat right
on the back porch and watched them do it. Didn't keep them from work by
his talking; just sat and looked on.
It took several weeks to drill the well, but grandfather kept right on
watching. "Finally b
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