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2 " Form D~(S-149) LEGEND & STORY FORM,. PROC2ffiSS ADLn\ISTRATION Indiana-Pioneer* History Project for Oklahoma' HASTINGS, &OEZ IHTSRVIEW 9880 Field vvorker's naroe Hifrirt Hi BtntWfll?his rcportxinado on (du v te) TlOTftry Sf rt^aiat.. This legend was secured from (nime) X»frg HRfltlng>, Route ll. Wa»MPg»e», Oklahoma This person is (male or fimalp), thi^y., jfcftro, Indian,. If Indian, give tribo 2. Origin rnd history of legend or story 3, Write out tho. J.egend or story ^s completely as possible. Use blank she its nd attach fi-rinly to this form, Number of sheets -..- attached ^"^- ' - *

3 115 % SOflf IOTEEVIEW 9880 Bobwtt H* Boatman, investigator, January E7 t 1*38. An interne* with Mrs* met Hastings, R, l 0 Washington, Oklahoma, I was bom May 20, 1876, in Kentucky, -la 1678, ay parents morod fiwm Kentucky to Kansas, but,poly stayed * **. one year, then moved to Arkansas where we remained until X was thirteen years old* X sane to the opening of Old Oklahoma in 1889, qy ; * first trip to the Indian country. People wore, tiusn gathered all along the. line up and down aa far as a person could s«e to await the day of the signal to enter and stake Sfasy people were gathered aloag the line for aeveral ' v... before they oduld enter and were in every conceivable.' - 1. iray~in wagons, on foot, horseback and m boggles*» ^. At twelve o'clock a cannon vaa fired as: a signal for thm, t» a^s. $u$h a rash eould never be fully described. Many people were just run down and trampled over and the pasaer went on about his bucineet.- No respect was paid to any other one in regard to his position* It was just a wild fray of people, horses and wagons with, flags flying

4 HASTINGS, INEZ; INTERVIEW and mea and women yelling to their teas* or mqunta in urging than ahasa* Bvsryoa seemed m a aad rash for life* We made the run from the line of Arkansas and this van the greatest experience in ay life, though to my father 1 e disgust, we ware out distanced and were too late to stake any claim that was worthwhile. As we came along there appeared -to be a flag on nearly every ten acres of land in all the whole country* However, mi were determined to try our fortune inthe oildi of the country and* after several,, dgys of Just wandering around, we finally settled in the old Chootaw Nation, near where the town of Oaddo now is located* People lived in tentt f dugouts and many femiliesljuat set up houaekeepius in covered wagons* S$jr father built a rude house of logs as a first hone and the furniture consisted of only a few possessions that had been brought along in the removal from the old state* One store at Old Caddo and one at Old Boggy Depot were the only trading points* Boggy Depot was located several alles from Caddo* on Boggy Creel: and has long been discontinued, though Caddo still remains and has made a very

5 HA3TIN, 117 * 3» thriving little town* There w»rt»"many arguments and disputes in regards to toe establishment of certain claims takedjj»nng the ran and a bitter feeling existed among ^certain people for several months in regard to this matter. After we had fully settled we entered into the business of faming* The principal crops were wheat and corn and it was a very hard undertaking, for the products had to be hauled several miles to some market and then sold at a price which was very low* Com sold at from 10 to 18 cents pe? bushel* TTheat at from 40 to 50 cents per bushel* Progress was very slow, though sure to come* After X had grown up I was married to a Mr* Bastings, who homesteaded 160 acres of land three and one«half miles west of the town of Washington now in McClain County and here I have lived since* BSr* Bastings passed away some years as& bat fcor* st my home^ which with many hardships I h&ve earned! X well remain*

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ODOM, K7A LENA COPd^-ND. INTERVIEW ^8978 I 51 CQJH5&AND INTERVIEW. 8978 -= - 11 - Form D~(S-14?) ' '. ' ' ' ' - j \ LEGEND & STOHY IORM " ' 5 2- ymm PROGRESS AJ^HVISTRATION. Indian-Pioneer History Project