fiTSt,the wliueiw John O'Neil, the Na^^poleon Idilonde raw. It wiis upon the^utateraentM of said O'Neil and condition of^the laud that Mr. Lalonde first concluded^to file a content in said Samuel II. heniu tt,^D. L. entry No. KM. Mr.O'Xeil represented^to Mr. Lalonde that he. O'Neil. had at^out^a yeai and a half ago, filed a content against^tame tract of tract, thiit the reason he^allowed contest to no liv default wan that^Kenoett promised him eichtv seres of^aaid land (which O'Neil coveted! if he^wonld not appear, i'liat the BHid Kennett^failed to do an he agreed, ooiiseiiuently^O'Neil whh incensed and declared himself a^ready and willing witnean for Lnlonde. Mr.^Lalonde demruiK a piece of land near Hel^^ena for a homestead, concluded to tile a^content. Said land had been contented ill^1HH7 1 think bv one K. Huaack, and allowed^to (Ki by default, attain contested in INKS, by^^aid O'Neil, allowed to (jo by di^fault. Mr.^liSlonde in (jikkI faith proceeded to prepare^for the hearing. Some time in June Mr.^O'Neil wrote to Mr. Lilmide and told him^that he ( Lalonde i wan very foolish to con-^teat thin land.aa it wiih money thrown away,^and llnally offered him (Lalonde i ^l^ii io^withdraw contest, and si^n |niin r. which^would implicate me, which Mr. ljelolld in-^di^nautly refused to do. A few days after^Mr. K. T. Hurtoii, attorney, I and who in^now an aspirant, as I am told, for^tbe pisition of register in the^looal land office' went to Mr.^Lulonde and offered him $-r^0 more to^withdraw contest, making altogether itliio.
