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2 BORESS, JOHN LINLEY INTERVIEW.,' INDEX CARDS Cheyenne-Araphao Reservation Trading Post-Weatherford Indian Customs

3 BQBS93 9 JOBS UHLKY* iuxshvjjbv* Form'A-(S-149) BIOGRAPHY FORM OO WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION, Indian-Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma * V eld Worker*3 name Kthel E, Palmar 4is report made on (date) May 25 t Name John Linley Buresi Post 0? ^'icc Address Leader* Oklaiinrnt - Residence addrer.s (or loc-ition) Rural Route DATE OF BIRTH: Month October Day 10 Year - Place of birth North Carolina Name.of Father John Linley Placo of birth H.Carolina. Other informat ion about father My father waa killed in the CiTil far* NaiR& of Mother Rebeoea Ihitley Place of'lbirth H.Caroiina Otr^r informat ion about mother Married a Honeyoutt, after father** death - - or conpl-te narrative by the field vvork&r dealing v;ith the life and ory of the ocrson interviewed. Rufcr to Manual for su rested subjects d iue"tions. Continue on blank sh^-tr- tf-necessary ^nd attach firmly to is form. Number of shcetc attached - 3*»w. 3 #

4 HJRESS, JOHN" LINLEY. INTSHVJJSV* I came from Texas to Oklahoma, in 1897* I wanted a horns and was not able to buy one so I came to Oklahoma and filed on the place that I live in. We cams here in a covered wagon and had eight head of horses. We built a dugout and covered it with dirt* I went to Weathsrford to buy our groceries. Th» trip was made in a wagon and the distance was about aixtjffive miles. I would buy 500 pounds of flour, 84 pounds of soda, 10 pounds.of ooffee, and everything else that bought was purchased in large quantities. We raised o own hogs and there was quite a few fish. «There were lots of Indians in this country. The most Indians I have ever seen were down here on the laabjita* It took me two hours to drive through this bunch of Indians before we could find a camping place. bunch of Indians eating terrapins. I saw a,' They would catch them, put them in the fire, take the shell off,and eat them* I'd be safe in saying there wer«three bushels of shells in one pile* A bunch of Indians came up to a neighbor and asked; "How long your cow been asleep?" The neighbor" replied that the cow had been asleep for three weeks. Tb» Indians then took this cow and ate it.. They wauld also eat old dead chickens or anything they could find to eat*

5 BUHRSS, JOBS LIHLEY. INTERVIEW. I can well remember the first Ford oar I saw* I was cooing from what is now FOBS, Oklahoma. I couldn't tell you how it looked, for my team IU scared to pieoes and I wasn't far behind* An old Indian said; "M-M~ white men smart, sit down to run*" We never had ouch things as roads;we just cut across the prairie anywhere* We don't know what cold weather is* One evening a man, woman, and child drove up to our plaoe f and the woman was nearly frozen* We had to help her in the house* We witnessed some terrible things in those days* I have an old table we brought to Oklahoma with us which i s now fifty-three year%old«we have eaten off of this table for thirty-five years* I have never put a mortgage on my place but have" worked very hard to keep from doing this* I would farm all day long and then when I would come imfior the night, the children would hold a light in my blacksmith shop and there I would work for the public until way into the night* I have been at my post of duty in Oklahoma, since 1897, and have paid every debt that I have made* I thjnv that I have paid all» -. that I owe <to my country, and I want people to know "my * race is run*" V s *