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Department of the Interior.
Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes,
f           Vinita. I. T.t May 15, 1901<
In the matter of the application of Siney McCoy for the
enrollment of herself, her brother, Deway Iright, and her six
grandchildren as Cherokee Freedmen; she being sworn and examined
by Commissioner 0* R* Breckinridge, testified as follows:
What money have you drawn? A The strip money.
Were you a slave in the Cherokee Nation before the war?
And at the tiine the war broke out, were you a slave in the
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Give me your name. A ' Slney MoCoy.
Who is it you want to have put on the roll? A I want myself
enrolled and my brother, which has never been enrolled.
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a cripple.
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He is about fifty years old, and is
He is not sound in his mind*
Yon want to apply for yourself and your brother?
How old are you? A I am about 61 or 2*
What is your postoffioe? A Vinita.
In what district do you live? A In Vinita.
Do you live in 'Delaware District? A Yes air, Delaware District.
How long have you lived in the Cherokee Natjon? A Dver since
the war. I have just been travelling, hunting this here ( pointing
to her brother who was present. ) Sometimes I would stop about
fifteen or sixteen months and work, until I got him where he is.
Have you ever been put on any of the rolls? A Yes sir.
Have you ever drawn any money from the Cherokee Nation? A Yes
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Wo was your master in old times?
Where did judge Jack Martin liv >?
Gibson.
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but then when his granddaughter married he turned in© over to his
granddaughter•
What-did they do with you? A Kept me as a slave.
Then what did they do with you? A Took me South.
A During the war.
What was the name of his granddaughter? A Lucy Jane McCoy.
And you have taken your name from her, did you? A Yes sir. I
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Q When did you gat back from the Choctaw Nation? A I can’t toll
you when I got back; I have been traveling so much. It h?s been a
year or two.
Q You indiot^ed a while ago that you have been traveling pretty
much ever since the war?* A Yes sir, traveling, trying to hunt
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Q Where ally did you travel? A All down dose to Fort Smith
and up about Nowata and up here to Grand River, ebe#ywhere that
I could find.,/until I went to the Creek Nation whereat heart of
him down at fee Choctaw Nation to Goodland, down near Bed River.
Q Did you gty outside of jthe Cherokee Nation? A Whelti I was hunting
him, yes sir J
-JEhere dianyou„go to? 'Ab To the Choctaw Nation.
Q Have you been outside cif the Indian Territory? A
haven’t beeii/outside of Vie Indian Territory
been up here*
Q Where did, you go then?
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$ I am talking about out ;of the Indian Territory? A i never
been outsidej- of the Indian Territory.                    \
§ What is ihe name of/tw town you spoke of? A Chetopja.
“ That is in Kansas? / A Yes ei3?i just went up one day #id co;ie
‘ •'          * it been out of the nation; no eir, I aint been
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Give me name your brother. A Dempsy Wright^
How old .isj'your brother? A About fifty.           . ,x
This is'yA'r'brother'sitting over here, is it? A Yes; sir.
How long f^as he; be^n cripplied up this w^y?
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