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37. Ule:yoe $1.00 



38. Sa:mi $1.00 



39. A:tsi $0.25 



40. De:nili $0. 50 



41. Uld:sda?d 



42. Tsuna:sdala 



43. Do:tsu:Whnv $0. 50 



44. Durnawi he paid in full $0. 25 



I, Ino:li, the clerk of Wolf town Township where I live, just wrote 

 this July 29, 1859. 



Dalo:nige 



Le:si 



Tso.'tsaga 



Yo:nuwo:hld 



Ghanohi:yadv 



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(second notation) 



On November 7th I just lent Wi:l{i)sini $0.50, to be repaid on 

 November 28th. He has not yet finished paying. He paid his tax 

 $0.50, on November 24th. 



U:wa9nv paid in full, $0.25, November 24th. 



Do:tsu:le^hnv paid $0.50. 



U:dhlvna:da paid $0.25. 



De:nili paid. De:nili paid it in full, $0.50. 



Tsd:n{i)la:isi $0. 10 



(thied notation, bottom of page, upside down) 



La: hw(i)sini just leduced his debt. He put down $0.75 December 

 17th. 

 I, Inodi, clerk and treasurer. 



1860 

 Idigv:ne:hi just put down $1.00, December 25, 1860. 



(fourth notation, bottom of page, upside down) 

 Ule:yoe paid with a pig that he put up for sale. He owned $1.10. 

 December 25, 1860. 



COMMENTARY 



We infer that taxes had been raised on the Thomas lands on Qualla 

 Boundary and that the Cherokee were hard pressed to pay them — 



