lewis , but had not told the government official that he was younger than 21 when he filed for a homestead claim , did not acknowledge that he had undertaken anything untrustworthy . still , anyone who knew that he was 19 years old could take his claimed outright from him .
Bernard, who had not told the government official that he was less than 21 when he filed for a homestead claim, did not consider that the government official had done anything dishonest.