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1 WILEY, MOSB. INTERVIEW L&JEND OF SkCim) f IRK CBEiK LB&iSHD #182.03

2 WILBT, MOSE imf^rvlkf -Form A-(S~149) '. - BIOGRAPHY FORM * WORKS PROGRESS ADlvIBtlSTRATION #12801 Indian-Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma ', 9 Worker*3 name This report made oh (date) l&llay 8g> x,, 195 1, Name 2. Post Office Address Residence address (or location) 4. DATE OF BIRTH: Month, 5. ^Place of birth. nt Day Year 6. Name of Father «on Other information about father Place of birth 7. JIame' r of Mother Other information about mother Place of birth Indian. Territory. Ndtes or complete narrative by the'field worker dealing with the life and story'of th& person interviewed. Refer to Manual for suggested subjects and questions* \ Continue on blank sheets if necessary and attach firmly to this form., - Number, of sheets attached - ' g ; «'

3 WILEY, MOSK. INTERVIEW ' Grace Kelley, Iave»tigatoxv Nov. 23, 1937; An Intorvier with Moae Wiley, " Weleetka, fioute 1, Oklahoma. 'The Thowatiili Baptlot ohur b Is oa»t of Dustin on the George Barnett allotment. Titore are two cemeteries there. The fife one Is west of the churbh and the vhltlow^ one" isi on the east side* A very old o*so is :«n Lidia ^ield f B allotment. Her son,sandy.'»es ly, is living but Dr. Let of Dustin o^na the ground and it is still in use. It is called the ftestley Cemetery. Opuitbli Yahola has two living grandchildren livin ; * ttear ^anna, Earnest and Jack oadfcdta, and they are sixtyfive or seventy"years old. CIVILHAH ST0' 3 Y. This - jry TCSS told to me by my uncle, Joe 8iah Watsto. All my people went to Easeeda Tom in Texaa during

4 11 WOSE, jxanmmi,' * -2- the Civil War* Unolo Joe Siah had one slave named Tom Green. At first they wen I south end then because he would have to give Tom up they carae baok and joined the North side. There was a little log house on Section 28- < 10*12,,the place east of here where the oeraetery is but this house nadn't been built. Some white and Indian soldiers?/ere camped there. The OOUJOSS were ir. hare stealing horses. They saw the Osages coining waving their hatchets through where my house s now. Uncle Joe a23d the ones ho wae'v<ith slipied up or. a little hill and they had a battle. One died close to Henryetta and another^on thj.s' hill ust norti'.. of uhis house.» I found a.bullet that vse supi-osed was fired in that fight and he tola me the story. I am sorry that I didn't take care of the bullet but I don't have it now. 'I Oil) TIME Rot Gun was an old Indian Blackamith who lived close to Hanna. Feople came to him to do their work and he got his pay from the 0h4efv- They didn f t have to pay him for v the work themselves.

5 , SiOSE. INTERVIEW PAYING TEE DOCTOR, The Indians didn't use money to pay their bills. The ohief paid the blacksmith but they had to pay the doctor themselves. A bunch would gather and cut'iiiia a lot of * wood, plant his corn, mate a fence or any work he needed to have done. Sorne of then would bring him some hogs for pay. IiQTUL -3 *M Hotulge Saarthla was a chief of Okchiye_«town and lived close to the Ground^*" lie was a "good talker." ana came from Alabama. Ke «as a solaier in the Civil War and if soine prisoners were taken on one side, and were going -co-be. killed '.«would make a speech." Sellie Johnson is his grandchild and lives south-of Banna, atfche Ground, or Town. CHITTO BARSO-AIID CUKA CxIUPKO 1 AW THE SNAKK UPRISIMG. Chitto gar jo. and Coka Chupko were what we would call partners and always together. They wanted the old treaty. They went to Washington to get the old treaty back and earns baok and told folks that they had gotten it back. They were staying at the Hickory Ground and a colored boy stole aone meat. They gave this boy a whipping which was the penalty

6 .WEST, MDSE, INTERVIEW for stealing. The white people didn't understand about that law so cams out the]? and had a fight. Chitto*BarJo,was ohot during the fight but not seriously eo got well. He and Coka Chupko wsa scouting in. the Choctaw Nation and if they oaine back here they could be arrested. Re took sick and diea and 1 believe he wts buried there in the Choctaw Nation. Charlie Drew worked for Colca Chupko to be paroled and he cane back after he was paroled. Charley Jrew lives at; ;Vev?oka, is well eduoated and can talk good English. He might be able to * tell where bo-fcif : &ese ;:jen were* buried. ; r ShIX WORKS.. They used to go west from Hanua. to where the Salt ^ Creek Churoh is, cloae to Wetuiai*a tu*i camp* They boiled the y/ater dovm t-o xaake their salt but x can't reraember much about it. " PBDDUCT1VENESS, r fhey mixed clay with some'raussel shells that had been beaten up and ehaptd it into a bowl, then a fire way made over-it to bake it so it wouldn f t break. At first they just had two or three* acres of v in cultivation and their^only tool was a grubbing

7 WILEY, M08E. INTERVIEW But as far back as I can remember we have raised cotton to sell besides for our own use. VJ& vpicked the seeds out for the quilts but it i?as carded before being put Into_ them. I don f t know what becace of the old spinning wheel btft>i remember having it in the house. The quilts werepieced and pretty. #e sold our cotton and bought our suppliss at iiufaula. THEWATHLi CUUKJH. Thflwathli Church was named after the Indian To^n near Dog Town. It was first started by Alfc Lowe's father who had the Alabama church. He went out and preached in their hones until he had lots of raenbars but it was too far for them to go to the Alabama church so they started a 'Church of their own. Lumba Scott was a good church worker so was made their first pastor. Hi^ wife, Lucy Scott, and Lizzie Wind are the only living charter members,.after Lumba Scoot, the pastors were: Charley..vestley; George Deer and now }#>se Wiley. MUSKDGEE NOT CREEKS. When I went to school.all the other Indians went to the same schooj.; Creeks, Cherokees, Chootaws, etc. We were

8 WILEY, MOSR. INTERVIEW^ _ ^ Muekogees and not Greeks and I never could especially understand why they called us Creefce. The Cherokeee especially were oruel to us. They teased us about being negroes and for some reason thought that we were part negro but we were just as pure blooded Indians as they were. It really hurt our feelings. Muskogee Old and New Language Creek. The old language has'been changed considerably. For exanple: I a hen '/»a, now i3: Fut cha, and means telling the truth.

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10 WXI3Y, UQ8B. ' Form LEGEND & STORY FORM VIQRK5 PROGRESS Indian-Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma 17 held worker-, lls report Biado on, (date) ft*«j J.uo't 193 L This legend was sacured from (name) Address Dutrttn, OlLfhoiaei. This person i-s (m^lc or female) \vhite, Nop,ro, Indian, If Indim, give tribe ^ ^ ^ ^ Okohiyo g(mm, I, Origin rnd nistory of legend or story mu^ _ M^I *1. v._ ^ of Olcahiy Town aw \old by old Indiana of %hn%»ewn> 5. Write out the legend or story as completely as possible. Use blank V t s -"ji& cttach firmly to this form. Number of sheets ''attached ^ 8 ~