bernard , he had not telling the government official that he was less than 21 when he qualified for a homestead claim , did not consider that he had attempted any unethical . still , nobody whose recognized that he was 19 years old must taken his claims away 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.