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- ' ' Form A-(S-149) BIOGRAPHY FORM. *,, -v., \, A o WORKS FiiOGWB3 ADMINISTRATION " * ' %** Indian-Pioneer History Project for Oklahoma ' IMBCR0MBI1, FHO. INTKRYISW., #9920 Field Worker's name Jasper H. Mead / This report made on (date) February 9., 193 8/ 1. Name Ur, Fred Aberorombie 2. Post Office Address Chiokaaha, Oklahoma. 3* Residence address (or location) General Delivery. 4. DATE OF BIRTH: Month February Day. 5 Year 1893 5, Place of birth State of Text a. '. 6, Name of Father B. H. Aberorombie Place of birth Georgia Other information about-father ' Died at the age of 73. j 7. Name of Mother Maty M. Fetters Place of birth Virginia. Other information about.,mother Died at the age of thirty-eight* Notes or complete narrative by. -she'field worker dealing with the life and story_of the imeraon interviewed,. RC<er to Manual for sug^cated subjects and (iuestlonsv QqnTinue l)n blank sheets if necessary and atpach firmly to th4s~-fens* -Number of sheets attached
V, FRfJh IITIHTOT. #9980 43 An Interview with Mr. Fred Aberoroiebie, Chio kasha. By * Jeeper H, Mead - Investigator. / February 9, 1936. { f My name la Fred Abercroabie; I waa born February 3th, 189^ in the state of Texas, forty-five years ago,and I oaae to/the Territory when I waa five years old and have lived re ever since. / / The first place ay parents and I landed waa at Cloud /Chief about ftfty ailea northeast of Oordell. Cloud Chief, when we first leaded there ; was a ver/y aaall place. There I were about fifty people 1^ the town/ and there were*two stores, a post offloe and a saloon in the town* My father had about a hundred and twenty-five head of work stock and he helped to break out lots of the land / around Cloud Chief. I There la no railroad going through Cloud Chief; ^J^ has always been an inland {town. The wain water supply ooaaa frost the tashita Bitter. X name hauled and helped, to haul BMuay barrel of water fro* the laahlta River. There were aany Indians around Cloud Chief whoa I knew* I knew three Intt«&»> *ho called themselves Chiefs; \ their naaaa were Two Baby, Big Tree, and Jack Bull
. V 44 ABIBCBOwBXB, IBB). IHTJHTHf. #9920 z Bear. I aw Chief Two Baby take a awaat bath oaa day. There ware three of fdur of ua fellowa who watched hia«ha had a big round holf dug in tha ground about ahouldar daap, than ha had hla tapaa aat orer thia hole, than ha put sow* hot rocks down in tha bottoa of tha hole and poured hot watar over them, than ha got down into tha s, - hole; he would groan and take on, and sake aoaa of the funniest ' rackets. * v * / i *- * %,- * '/ ". \ ; My father had lota of horses end whan one of than / ' j would die ha would- trade ita earoaaa to tha Indiana for \.. wood for our cook a tore. A " J The country around Cloud Chiaf waa rather loejsy and like prairie, lawk Teal waa a aan who owned nearly all tha country around Cloud Chiaf and Cordall; ha waa finally killed by a aan of tha new* of Page nelson. I forgot to Mention whan I was talking about tha Indians, three Indiana,\ Two Bavy, Big Tree and Jack. Bull Bamr ; got their siail at a place oallad Sagar, now oallad Colony. This place waa Just a aamll store and post office ooabinad. \ " I hate lirad in and around Chickaaha for twenty-fita