Application of Becky Webber for enrollment as a Cherokee Freedmen Page: 4 of 7
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© away from there, .in ’92
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Q Yol remember how long’ tAg Wr'«M
w *s? A No,: I don’t know 'exactly the tiiia, - .
q You Know.how long who I'say? A ’No, i sayxftion’t know
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q Does Bh©. live up th»r« «w? A W^ihat f know*of.
- By Mr. Mallattat •■• v’ * r ■’
§-. $?**® JM WKy Webber the appltoant, in ’ce? A I don’t know,
q When did^ou eeo Becky Wabbtf last? A Well the last, it wae
along about-’ ©S ot ^a. " ’
q Do you Knew whether aha ia th© Becky Webber that ia applying
here for cltiaenBhip or not? A Do X Know whether It ie? 'Wen if
x would -see her...t oom ten you.
•■■- q well, x Know, but you don *1.000 her-? ■ A No. . •
, • Q - You don’t Know whetherW Becky; Webber you are talking about
is the BoORy -Webber-that has «ppHod here far enrollment do you?
A - ®het -is ffly ^wtarmt, it is . *
§ You don’t ’Know*anything.about it do you? A Well X understand
•from what the'examining. io it io'her. ••• -
Q Yes, but you don’t Know anything of your own Knowledge? ;A • Well
if she wae before mo X could*otat* it wee her. ■
Q Yes,.but oho is not before y«u are you going to swear that the
•leaky Webber H are talking’about ia the Bocky Webber that has
applied for enrollment? A X don*t know no other one.
Q Is the -looky Webber that you aro talking about the looby Webber
that has applied for enrollment h*re? A Well in my judwent it is.
Q Whet makes you judge it? A looouoe X don’t know any, other.
Q do you know all the Beaky Webbert in this country? A no sir.
q xt-mi^it bo an entirely different Becky Webber? A If it was her
.^ne wouldn’t bo, they would have different nmee.
Are you arguing thiroaeo or testifying; you just answer plain
out that’you-don’t know whether the applicant io the on© you knew
up there in Kansas or not,-do you? A Won, I do.
q :.do-.you? A I think riho is the seme women.
Q -v/hy?-’ A Why.
Q Y©^; have you over soon the applicant, the woman that applies
hero-as a Cherokee oitison? A 1 have not soon her lately.
Q You don’t know that she is the one you saw in Fort soott do you?
A Not unless X see her. Of 0 our so I couldn’t e§© her.
q mat you ere not going to awet«r that" she is the same one are you? ‘
A yob sir.' * t ••
q How do you happen to swear that? A Because, her name is here
- 1 in the list. ’
q Maybe it is acme other Becky Webber? A I don’t think, it. is.
q Why don’t you think, it io?. > A 'You eint asked me about any other,
q Not tciking ebout’that; do you know the--Becky Webber that,has
applied for enrollment is-the one you know in Port Soott? A Yes sir.
q Were you here when Becky Webber'made her application? A VNo sir.
q Did you ever see'the woman before the Dawes Commission? A No sir.
q How could you swear that ©he is the one you knew? A How could
I know the boy,
Q Then you swear that sheis the one you knew m Fort soott, do you
swear it? A Yes. .« •
Q Why do you .swear it? A Beosua© she ia the one they are asking
me about. • **
Q Not talking'-anything-about'yernr asking you anything; I am
talking about your, what you know as to whether she is the one you
knew in Fort Soott; go Ahead -and ^explain yourself? A I think I
have explained it. ' *
Q you swear tn$t ds the woman you - the one that applied for citi-
z,unship is the bnfc-youv’knew in Port Scott, and you have never seen th©
\ jraan that applied here have you? A , I saw her in ’92.
.? Have you ever seen her since she applied.or at the time she ap-
plied? A No, not elites I havOnrt.
0. Then you swear positively that; ■she is the saiae one you knew up
there in Kansas do you;.yes or no? A Yes.
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Department of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Application of Becky Webber for enrollment as a Cherokee Freedmen, text, March 5, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1776947/m1/4/: accessed May 16, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.