There's a little more to the story... This second marriage was in 1894. His first wife died before the 1896 Dawes commission or act or census went into effect, so although she was Choctaw, she was not on the roll. His own application was denied. ----- Original Message ----- >>>> Actually it raises the question as to whether he lost his tribal status when the first wife died, doesn't it? If he was Choctaw by Intermarriage, and she died, he would not then be an intruder...How interestingly complicated, eh? I have never asked that question before, maybe when I am at the OHS this week I will just go down and ask one of the experts!

At 06:22 AM 3/26/00 -0600, you wrote: >There's a little more to the story... This second marriage was in 1894. His >first wife died before the 1896 Dawes commission or act or census went into >effect, so although she was Choctaw, she was not on the roll. His own >application was denied. Isn't that interesting? But then DAWES was so sticky about putting someone on the rolls who was white. All those who were "Choctaw by Adoption" went by the wayside. All those men who had been adopted into the tribe by virtue or their worth to the tribe...but, when you were talkin' DAWES, you were talkin' money... Nalora