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3 nm, J. A. nmmrn;"- / Fora Ms_ 149) r-ooran-r^/kohm WOrtKS rocjkbss/admh'ls'x^aroy. " Indan-Poneer Hstory Project for Oklahoma Worker 1 3 name Johnaoa Hampton Ths report made on (date) /' January 3rd« Name' * /&*>' J«A. DaggS A Poaoer 2. Post Offce Address ABtl«w, Oklahoma, 3. Resdence address (or 4. /DATE OF BKTH: Month Aprl Day ^ ^ Year Place of brth Polk County / 6. Name of Father ' Place of brth Arcansa3 Other nformaton about fether 7. Name of Mother Place of brth Ot'aer h/onnaton about mother ' ' L T otes or qomplutc narratve by tho cld worker d«..alr.7 v;tl thu Hf3 and story of the,,ercon ntervewed. Ho'" r to J.ajual for SJ,; :^otoc subjects and questons. Contnue on blanlc shvt.'- f necessary and attach frmly t' ths form. Number of shoots att-ghcd 4 * >

4 EAGGS, J. A. INTERVIEW Johnson JU Hampton \ Investgator An Intervew wth J«A. bag ;s Anter3, Oklahoma, I was born Aprl 25th, 1877, n ok County, Arkansas ;:nd I was about fourteen years old when?.e moved nto the Choctp.w Naton. I.y tether and mother moved from rkansas to the Choctaw Naton and located on what was, known as. sach Creek near Smthvlle n 1891 an-d where we rented a farm from an Indan nhmed Ells Cusher; ths creek runs through thst psrt of the country nd ths settlement was known as the' r,bach Creek Communty and there wasftnindan 'church there by that n^me; ths church was p. Presbyteran Church and they used to have, b^ camp meetngs there, e came n a-cerered reason; v;e dd not have but very lttle furnture,o..ly shfjt we brouglt wth us n the?fa *on but f ter se rented lttle -.ore furnture. of pne logs. ths farm then we bou» ht- a >>'e lved n n double hou3e made»ve had a sprr.^ that we got our water from* the ferm was on the creejk and t WKS S rood land \ t

5 FAGG8, J. A. INTERVIEW ' M o 48 wth about forty acres n cultvaton, e farmed there for several years and made lots of corn and rased cattle, and hogs; n fact,.e dd well whle we were on ths farm, we pad the landlord the thrd nd fourth part of the cotton, bu;t we dd not rase much cotton for t was too far to take t to have t gnr.ed, for snce there was no gn n that part of the country, we hrd to take t nto rkansas", so ;e dd not go to the trouble of rasng cotton n that part of the country but we dd rase lots of cone on the place* -,-r Ths : eachtoa s a lttle comcunty where several Indans lved nostly around the church house; a nan, Klls Cusher had a lttle store there where we traded for small thngs but we mostly went to Hatfeld sad some tmes to l«queen Arkansas and raoat of the Indans went there for ther groceres when they could not get t at Cusherq; ths man Cu3her was n better nhape fnancally than moat of the Indans around hs home and he used to tt\\<e care of them; they vould come to Ids ome and stay there fov several days at a tme and some came to hs home and just lved Kth hm; he WQS a Presbyteran preacher and I have heard hm preach several tmes but he would prer.ch v

6 BAGG8, J. A. INTERVIEW. ' n Choetaw ao that I cou^-d not understand what he was talkng about but I used to attend hs church whenever he ted a b ' meetng. Ths beach Creek s not very far from the..rkansaa lae.t must be about twenty mles. It used to be called Nasheba County then but t s now a part of McCurtan County and t a rght n the mountans and some of the mountans the*e are the bggest you ever saw; there used to be fne grass there when t was open range and no fences thereabout. The settlers all hf.d about four or for ther forms; they used to rase pe ty of corn to feed themselves through the wnter nd most of them had cattle, hogs ftad other thngs they needed on the furms; theyostly lved out of the woods for there was lots of game for them to kll, taey never klled ther hogs much, n fact, they never put up any meat for ther use for the wnter except that they would kll a hog one n a whle for fresh neat, / rt tnt t»ae cattle ad hogs were not worth any thng; there was no market for them so the settlers just kept them and let them de wth old age; we h d many cattle

7 BAGOS, J. A. UUTKHFIEW and hogs but we could not sell them at any prce. I used to attend the Indan camp meetngs when they wo Id camp and feed all the people who came to attend the meetng and I have attended ther cres; they would preach the memoral semor and they would sometmes have a cry n the church and sometmes they would, have t at tbs ;;rave of the eeceased. They v.-oud buld a small house over the grave out of togs and put a cover over t and n about fve or sx months t ey would have thar cry at the grave ad every onv.wfco w?s there took aart n t; t was a very solemn affar to see them cry. I have lved among the Choctaw trbe of Indans ever snce I have been n the Naton, and I have traded wth them and have attended ther meetngs ana rave attended ther cres and ther ball games, tut I never was bothered by them n the least; they have alw y3 been my fre: ds and I have been ther frend ever snce I have been here and my experence wth them h-<s been os g od as any one could expect of any trbe of people, and they are honest es can be n ther dealngs wth other people ar.d anong themselves. I am now lvng n Antlers. -