and acquitted; that of the property, two
horses and one mule only were restored,
and that these were turned over to the claim-
ants.
He claims payment for a horse
The horse is stated in the account to have
been stolen by the Ioway Indians, on
the 18th July, 1815; and in support of
the claim, a deposition is produced,
made by John Hancock and Ste. Jack-
son, before George Jackson, J. P., of
Chariton township, on the 31st January,
1817, wherein it is declared, that the
witnesses knew the horse, and thought
him worth $80; that he was taken at
the same time as the creatures of Henry
Ferril and John Hancock; and that it
was thought to be the Ioways that stole
said horse.
Claims payment for a mare and 3 colts
In support of this claim two depositions
are adduced, purporting to have been
made on the 31st January, 1817, before
George Jackson, J. P.; one of them
by Stephen Jackson and Robert Han-
cock, wherein they have testified, that
the valuation set upon the property in
the account, is about the real value
thereof; and that it was generally
thought, in the Boon's lick settlement,
that Ioways stole the same; and the