Cherokee FISH Folk

last updated: July 19, 1999

DESCENDANCY CHART FOR ZACHARIAH (OOCHA-TAH-WAH) FISH

These folkes are FISH with native american roots...comments/corrections should be addressed to family member: fava see also end of document for some FISH surname in the Indian Nations information... And see Fish on DAWES' ROLLS.
                              

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              Name           (Birth/Chr.-Death/Burial)   Birth/Chr. Place
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     1-- Zachariah (Oocha-tah-wah) FISH (    -1851)
      sp-Elizabeth (Ah-te-wat-tah) (    -1851)
         2-- Nathaniel (Del-cha-nah-kee-skee) FISH (1803-1895)  ,,,East Cherokee Nation
          sp-Mary Ann Francis (Elizabeth) (Wa-lah) SPICER (1811-1879)  ,North Carolina,USA
             3-- Levi (Jo-wah-nah-skee) FISH (1829-1897)  ,,North Carolina,East Cherokee Nation
              sp-Nellie MCDANIEL (    -1906)
                 4-- Eddy (Goo-hah) FISH (1867-    )  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-Ida (    -1906)
                     5-- Dennis FISH (1889-    )
                     5-- Laura FISH (1899-    )
                     5-- Joseph FISH (1905-    )
                 4-- Joseph FISH (1870-1903)
                 4-- Sallie (Wah-le-seh) FISH (1876-1906)  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-Perry COX (1874-    )
                     5-- Nellie FISH (1898-    )
                 4-- Mary A. F. (Tah-le-lah) FISH (1878-1906)  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-William PARKER (1876-    )
                     5-- Ida O. PARKER (1905-    )
                 4-- Alice (Caw-la-cha) FISH (1884-1906)  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-James B. CAMPBELL (1872-    )
                     5-- Henrey E. CAMPBELL (1904-    )
             3-- Crawford (Wah-ka) FISH (    -1852)
              sp-Nancy (Che-coo-ee) (    -    )
                 4-- Nancy FISH (1846-1884)  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-BLACKSTONE (    -    )
                     5-- Robert W. BLACKSTONE (1867-    )  ,,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                         6-- Mae BLACKSTONE (1889-    )  ,,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                         6-- John BLACKSTONE (1892-    )  ,,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                         6-- Nora BLACKSTONE (1897-    )  ,,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                         6-- Minnie BLACKSTONE (1900-    )  ,,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-HARRIS (    -    )
                     5-- Claude HARRIS (1882-    )  ,,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
             3-- Mary J. (Gah-le-lo-hi) FISH (1844-1899)  ,,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
              sp-POTTS (    -    )
             3-- Eliza Jane (Caw-le-cha) FISH (1844-1906)  ,Flint District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
              sp-Dennis HENDRICKS (1853-    )
                 4-- Nelson HENDRICKS (1881-    )  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                 4-- Mary Ann HENDRICKS (1887-    )  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
             3-- Ariminta (La-yi-le) FISH (    -1893)
              sp-Willis (You-se-wau-tee) HENDRICKS (    -1894)
                 4-- Fannie HENDRICKS (1865-1906)
                  sp-CANADA (    -    )
                 4-- Rachel HENDRICKS (    -1895)
                  sp-TURNER (    -    )
                 4-- Charles HENDRICKS [(Twin)] (1869-1892)
                 4-- White HENDRICKS (1869-1906)
                 4-- Oscar HENDRICKS (    -1893)
                 4-- Allen HENDRICKS (    -1893)
                 4-- Robert M. (Sequah-ne-tah) HENDRICKS (1875-    )  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-Gay HOWARD (1883-    )
                     5-- Arretta M. HENDRICKS (1906-    )  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                 4-- Willis HENDRICKS (1894-1894)
             3-- Amanda (Dah-ya-ne) FISH (1848-1903)  ,Flint District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
              sp-William S. (Uh-tah-li) FOREMAN (1832-1906)  ,,,East Cherokee Nation
                 4-- Dorcas Belle FOREMAN (1871-1906)  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-Eli TADPOLE (1865-    )  Melvin,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                     5-- Oakley (Okla) TADPOLE (1887-    )
                     5-- Lelia TADPOLE (1890-    )  ,,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                      sp-Emmet SHEWBART (    -    )
                      sp-J. A. WILSON (    -    )
                         6-- Belle Christine WILSON (1921-    )
                     5-- Emma TADPOLE (1892-    )
                      sp-W. T. GARDNER (    -    )
                         6-- Herbert GARDNER (1911-    )
                         6-- Wilford GARDNER (1917-    )
                         6-- Percy GARDNER (1920-    )
                     5-- William H. TADPOLE (1897-    )  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                     5-- Annie B. TADPOLE (1900-    )  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                      sp-Albert MERRY (    -    )
                 4-- Robert E. (Tzol-lah) FOREMAN (1873-1907)  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                 4-- Mary Jane (Nancy) (E-yah-jah-ga) FOREMAN (1875-    )  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-John H. CHASTAIN (1880-    )
                     5-- Robert CHASTAIN (1897-    )  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                     5-- Bertha M. CHASTAIN (1900-    )  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                     5-- Belle CHASTAIN (1902-    )  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                     5-- John CHASTAIN (1904-    )
                     5-- James B. CHASTAIN (1905-    )
                 4-- Mariah Ann (Ah-ne-wake) FOREMAN (1875-1940)  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-James Barton DEATHERAGE (1871-1959)  Pt. Rockford,Roane,Tennessee,USA
                     5-- DEATHERAGE (1893-1893)  Mountain Home,Baxter,Arkansas,USA
                     5-- Thomas E. DEATHERAGE (1900-1900)  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                     5-- Sallie Mae DEATHERAGE (1902-1993)  Eureka,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                      sp-John YOUNGER (    -    )
                      sp-George KINNIKIN (1894-1979)  Of,,Oklahoma,USA
                     5-- Callie Marie (Poss) DEATHERAGE (1904-1991)  Anniwake,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                      sp-Elbert W. (Red) ROE (1903-1986)  Of,Oklahoma
                         6-- James Donald ROE (1930-    )  Of,,Oklahoma,USA
                      sp-Ivan AUSTIN (1900-1975)
                     5-- Clara Ellen (Jack) DEATHERAGE (1906-    )  Anniwake,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                      sp-John Richard KILGORE (1905-1993)  Of,Oklahoma
                     5-- James Barton (Sog) DEATHERAGE [Jr.] (1908-1959)  Tahlequah,Cherokee,Oklahoma,USA
                     5-- John William DEATHERAGE (1910-1988)  Tahlequah,Cherokee,Oklahoma,USA
                      sp-Beulah Mae HACKWORTH (1911-    )  Lodi,Latimer,Oklahoma,USA
                     5-- Mark Gault DEATHERAGE (1913-1990)  Mountain Home,Baxter,Arkansas,USA
                      sp-Winnie MORRIS (1915-    )
                      sp-Claudie Bell SMITH (1930-    )  ,Jack,Texas,USA
                      sp-Lula May GILLIAM (1908-1990)
                      sp-Claudie Bell SMITH (1930-    )  ,Jack,Texas,USA
                      sp-Winnie MORRIS (1915-    )
              sp-Jackson ENGLAND (    -    )
                 4-- Ruth Estelle ENGLAND (1865-1906)  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
                  sp-MORGAN (    -    )
              sp-SOUTHERLAND (    -    )
                 4-- Albert (Alby) SOUTHERLAND (1880-1906)
                  sp-Mabel (    -    )
              sp-Robert TAYLOR (    -1892)
             3-- Sarah Ann (Wah-tah) FISH (1850-1854)  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
             3-- Hannah (Ah-nah) FISH (1850-1865)  ,Tahlequah District,Oklahoma,Cherokee Nation
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                                                      Birth/         Death/       Page
    Name                                               Chr            Bur        Number
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    ,Elizabeth (Ah-te-wat-tah)                                       Aft 1851         1
    ,Ida                                                             Abt 1906         1
    ,Mabel                                                                            3
    ,Mikki                                                                            3
    ,Nancy (Che-coo-ee)                                                               1
    AUSTIN,Ivan                                      25 Nov 1900     Jun 1975         2
    BLACKSTONE                                                                        1
    BLACKSTONE,John                                         1892                      1
    BLACKSTONE,Mae                                          1889                      1
    BLACKSTONE,Minnie                                       1900                      1
    BLACKSTONE,Nora                                         1897                      1
    BLACKSTONE,Robert W.                                    1867                      1
    CAMPBELL,Henrey E.                                      1904                      1
    CAMPBELL,James B.                                       1872                      1
    CANADA                                                                            1
    CHASTAIN,Belle                                   27 Mar 1902                      2
    CHASTAIN,Bertha M.                                8 May 1900                      2
    CHASTAIN,James B.                                20 Jun 1905                      2
    CHASTAIN,John                                     1 Apr 1904                      2
    CHASTAIN,John H.                                        1880                      2
    CHASTAIN,Robert                                  30 Jan 1897                      2
    COX,Perry                                               1874                      1
    DEATHERAGE                                        6 Oct 1893   6 Oct 1893         2
    DEATHERAGE,Callie Marie (Poss)                    14 Jan 1904     Sep 1991         2
    DEATHERAGE,Clara Ellen (Jack)                     11 Feb 1906                      2
    DEATHERAGE,James Barton                            2 Mar 1871   2 Nov 1959         2
    DEATHERAGE,James Barton (Sog) [Jr.]               28 Aug 1908  24 Nov 1959         2
    DEATHERAGE,Jimmy Mark                              8 Jun 1953                      3
    DEATHERAGE,John William                            3 Jun 1910  18 Oct 1988         2
    DEATHERAGE,Mark Gault                              8 Feb 1913  12 Jul 1990         2
    DEATHERAGE,Sallie Mae                             20 Mar 1902   4 May 1993         2
    DEATHERAGE,Thomas E.                               5 Dec 1900  20 Dec 1900         2
    ENGLAND,Jackson                                                                   3
    ENGLAND,Ruth Estelle                               3 Jun 1865     Aft 1906         3
    FISH,Alice (Caw-la-cha)                            8 Jan 1884     Aft 1906         1
    FISH,Amanda (Dah-ya-ne)                              Abt 1848  13 Sep 1903         1
    FISH,Ariminta (La-yi-le)                                          Jan 1893         1
    FISH,Crawford (Wah-ka)                                                    1852         1
    FISH,Dennis                                       28 Sep 1889                      1
    FISH,Eddy (Goo-hah)                               27 Jan 1867                      1
    FISH,Eliza Jane (Caw-le-cha)                      15 Oct 1844     Aft 1906         1
    FISH,Hannah (Ah-nah)                                 Abt 1850     Abt 1865         3
    FISH,Joseph                                       16 Feb 1905                      1
    FISH,Joseph                                       14 Oct 1870   2 Jul 1903         1
    FISH,Laura                                         5 Mar 1899                      1
    FISH,Levi (Jo-wah-nah-skee)                              1829  24 Mar 1897         1
    FISH,Mary A. F. (Tah-le-lah)                       3 Sep 1878     Aft 1906         1
    FISH,Mary J. (Gah-le-lo-hi)                          Abt 1844  11 Dec 1899         1
    FISH,Nancy                                               1846         1884         1
    FISH,Nathaniel (Del-cha-nah-kee-skee)                    1803   8 Dec 1895         1
    FISH,Nellie                                       14 Mar 1898                      1
    FISH,Sallie (Wah-le-seh)                           2 Jan 1876     Aft 1906         1
    FISH,Sarah Ann (Wah-tah)                             Abt 1850     Abt 1854         3
    FISH,Zachariah (Oocha-tah-wah)                                    Bef 1851         1
    FOREMAN,Dorcas Belle                                9 Jan 1871     Aft 1906         2
    FOREMAN,Mariah Ann (Ah-ne-wake)                    26 Dec 1875   2 Dec 1940         2
    FOREMAN,Mary Jane (Nancy) (E-yah-jah-ga)            7 May 1875                      2
    FOREMAN,Robert E. (Tzol-lah)                       11 Nov 1873    1907/1909         2
    FOREMAN,William S. (Uh-tah-li)                     18 Jan 1832     Aft 1906         1
    GARDNER,Herbert                                    12 Mar 1911                      2
    GARDNER,Percy                                      15 Feb 1920                      2
    GARDNER,W. T.                                                                     2
    GARDNER,Wilford                                     5 Apr 1917                      2
    GILLIAM,Lula May                                    1 Feb 1908  14 Aug 1990         3
    HACKWORTH,Beulah Mae                               29 May 1911                      2
    HARRIS                                                                               1
    HARRIS,Claude                                             1882                      1
    HENDRICKS,Allen                                                          1893         1
    HENDRICKS,Arretta M.                               12 Jan 1906                      1
    HENDRICKS,Charles [(Twin)]                                1869         1892         1
    HENDRICKS,Dennis                                          1853                      1
    HENDRICKS,Fannie                                          1865     Aft 1906         1
    HENDRICKS,Mary Ann                                        1887                      1
    HENDRICKS,Nelson                                          1881                      1
    HENDRICKS,Oscar                                                           1893         1
    HENDRICKS,Rachel                                                          1895         1
    HENDRICKS,Robert M. (Sequah-ne-tah)                       1875                      1
    HENDRICKS,White                                           1869     Aft 1906         1
    HENDRICKS,Willis                                          1894         1894         1
    HENDRICKS,Willis (You-se-wau-tee)                                      1894         1
    HOWARD,Gay                                                1883                      1
    KILGORE,John Richard                               18 Oct 1905  21 May 1993         2
    KINNIKIN,George                                     3 Apr 1894  27 May 1979         2
    KINNIKIN,Georgia Mae                                  Abt 1930                      2
    MCDANIEL,Nellie                                                    Aft 1906         1
    MERRY,Albert                                                                           2
    MORGAN                                                                                 3
    MORRIS,Winnie                                         Abt 1915                      2
    PARKER,Ida O.                                       7 Nov 1905                      1
    PARKER,William                                            1876                      1
    POTTS                                                                                  1
    ROE,Elbert W. (Red)                                 8 Dec 1903     May 1986         2
    ROE,James Donald                                      Abt 1930                      2
    SHEWBART,Emmet                                                                         2
    SMITH,Claudie Bell                                    Bef 1930                      2
    SOUTHERLAND                                                                            3
    SOUTHERLAND,Albert (Alby)                           7 Oct 1880     Aft 1906         3
    SPICER,Mary Ann Francis (Elizabeth) (Wa-lah)          Abt 1811  15 Apr 1879         1
    STANFIELD,Joe                                                                          2
    TADPOLE,Annie B.                                   11 Jan 1900                      2
    TADPOLE,Eli                                        18 Mar 1865                      2
    TADPOLE,Emma                                       15 May 1892                      2
    TADPOLE,Lelia                                      10 Apr 1890                      2
    TADPOLE,Oakley (Okla)                                     1887                      2
    TADPOLE,William H.                                  6 Jul 1897                      2
    TAYLOR,Robert                                                    1892/1893         3
    TURNER                                                                                 1
    WILSON,Belle Christine                                    1921                      2
    WILSON,J. A.                                                                           2
    YOUNGER,John                                                                           2
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  Unplaced Cherokee Fish Folk:

info from:  TKerfoot@aol.com

Marie (Maria) Fish was full blood.  She married a Samuel Wells.  Her daughter
died in Towanda, PA.


HISTORY OF INDIAN FOLKS WiTH FISH SURNAME

from the books "Indian Blood"

FISH - a Shawnee name

William Jackson was an adopted captive who lived with the Shawnees. After the treaty of Greenville, life became difficult for William Jackson and the other whites living red. Traders hooked a large proportion of the red population on alcohol created a sub-nation of alcoholics and therefore demanded furs for whiskey. The land was already over-hunted by both reds and whites, and game became even more scarce. Those with eyes clear enough to see what was happening were disgusted by the general discenegration of red society and were ripe for the political movement of Prophet when it came along. During this time, many of the whites living red despaired and like George Ash, Bill Cunningham, Christopher Miller, and many others, they tried to come back to live with their white relatives. One of these was William Jackson. But he soon felt too uncomfortable among the whites and went back to the Shawnees. William Jackson's Shawnee name was Fish, and he became the leader of a band of Shawnees that became known as the Fish Band.

The missionary Isaac McCoy wrote that he tried to convince Capt. Cornstalk and Capt. William Perry, the Shawnee Chiefs, to agree to the establishment of a mission school among them. McCoy says that they replied negatively, saying that "they felt little desire for schools and still less to hear preaching."

However, McCoy made a deal with " a white man by the name of Fish, who had lived with the Shawnees from a small boy and was in all respects identified with them, had become a principal of a clan which had lived many years in the state of Missouri and was a good deal civilized."

See McCoy, p. 404 George Vashon, the indian agent, wrote of his approval for the mission at the request of Fish, who was also called William Jackson, a white man raised with the Shawnees...Fish, the Shawnee chief, has a son by the name of Paschal who was put to school when he was a boy. He can speak English very well. He is a sober, steady, moral, good man. He had an Indian family and is industrously employed in farming..."

See KHC, vol. 9, pp. 166,167. Historian Rodney Staab of Shawnee Mission, Kansas, has furnished me with an excellent account of Chief Fish written by Fern Long. Her information conflicts somewhat with other sources, but it should not be missed by anyone doing research on the Jackson/Fish family. According to her 1978 article on Chief Fish, she agrees that he was captured as a youth and raised by the Shawnees in the band of Lewis Rogers whose daughter he married. Paschal Fish was "a large-framed man" who "also acquired the Indian ways seeming to be totally Indian." but at the same time, she says "these Shawnees had associated with white people for generations and desired a settled life with homes, schools, churches, ___and agriculture."

Shawnee/Cherokee?

According to:
vashti@theshop.net
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okbits/nalora.html

"Yes there is a Cherokee Shawnee connection. There is a group of Shawnee called the "Loyal Shawnee" (federally recognized tribe) who are based in Talequah, and were listed with the Cherokee on the Dawes Rolls.

The Loyal Shawnee were the Shawnee tribe that was in Kansas during the Civil war, and remained loyal to the Union, they were incorporated into the Cherokee tribe in 1869. (Oklahoma Chronicles, Fall, 1964, pages 253-261)"


DAWES ROLLS

more great work by fava: see

"he Dawes Roll (commissioned in 1896) was an accountable Indian Roll led by & enumerated under a Senator DAWES. Below are the Dawes Cards for several FISH Family members. Items below are from the Nat'l Archives & Record Administration (NARA) site right now & am viewing digitalized images (photocopies on the net) of the various enrollment cards."

Instructions:
--  Go to the NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL) page
http://www.nara.gov/nara/nail.html
--  Click on "Search Archival Holdings"
--  Click on "NAIL Digital Copies Search"
--  In the box directly under the words "Enter Keywords" put in "Dawes, Cherokee" (w/o the
quotes)
--  Click on Submit Search
--  When it finishes "chugging" you will come up with 10,732 Hits Retrieved
--  Set the Hits to Display counter at 601-900
--  Click on Display Results
--  the cards listed below will be 134, 135, & 136 of this group
--  Click on View Larger Access Image [this will show you a blow-up of the actual card]

The following is listed below each digital image: NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth, TX) (NRFF), Building 1, Dock 1, 501 West Felix Street, Fort Worth, TX 76115 PHONE: 817-334-5525 FAX: 817-334-5621

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[Hit #134 when searching for "Dawes, Cherokee", w/o quotes, on digital search page]
[Media: Textual records]
[Enrollment for Ida Fish. (NRFF-75-53A-6493)]
Cherokee Nation; Cherokee Roll; Residence:  Tahlequah Dist.; Post Office:  Tahlequah, I.
T.; Card No. [blank]; Field No.:  R507
Dawes Roll No.:  denied
Name:  FISH, Ida
Age:  22
Sex:  F
Blood:  I. W. [I think this means Intermarried White]
Tribal Enrollment:  [blank]
Tribal Enrollment of Father:  John PARKER, non-citz
Tribal Enrollment of Mother:  [check mark where name should go], non-citz
[Note at bottom]  See Cherokee Card No. 6981
[Note at bottom]  [    ditto  marks     ]            9980
[Note stamped at bottom]  Department of the Interior, Commission of the Five Civilized
Tribes, Judgement Rendered and Copy Mailed Applicant,  Feb 14, 1902
[Date stamped in lower right-hand corner]  Dec 19, 1900  [possibly date card was created]

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[Hit #135 when searching for "Dawes, Cherokee", w/o quotes, on digital search page]
[Media: Textual records]
[Enrollment for Joseph P T Fish. (NRFF-75-53A-6495)
Cherokee Nation; Cherokee Roll; Residence:  Deleware Dist.; Post Office:  Uinita, I. T.;
Card No. [blank]; Field No.:  R730
Dawes Roll No.:  [blank]
FISH, Leander J. -- age 48 - m - Blood:  a.s. 3/4 - Tribal Enrollment:  [blank] - Father:
Haskel FISH - dead -
A.S. Coo. Dist - Mother:  Hettie FISH - dead - Wyandotte Dist.
[next line, directly under Leander]
FISH, Joseph P. T. - son - age 7 - m - Blood:  a.s. 3/8 - Tribal Enrollment:  [blank] -
Father:  No. 1 - Mother:  Mary C. FISH - non-citz.
[Note at bottom]  W. T. HUTCHINGS, Muskogee, I. T. , Attorney for applicants
[Stamped across middle of card]  REJECTED
[Stamped on card]  REFUSED  Action Approved by Secretary of the Interior Aug 29, 1902
[Note at bottom]  In accordance with the Act of Congress of June 21, 1906, the U.S. Court
of Claims rendered its decision of March 23, 1908, holding that No. 2 is not entitled to
enrollment as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
[Note at bottom in lower right-hand corner] On Cher Card #D1252, 10/31/01
[Note at bottom in lower right-hand corner directly under comment above]  On this card Nov
7, 1902

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[Hit #136 when searching for "Dawes, Cherokee", w/o quotes, on digital search page]
[Media: Textual records]
Enrollment for Leander J Fish. (NRFF-75-53A-6496)
[this is a duplicate copy of the card transcribed above]