When father was young he would go hunting the fox with his master, and fishing in the streams for the big fish. The majority of the passengers, including owner and captain that day, Joseph Vann, were killed. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. He moved his large family (he had two wives by then and several children) and business operations to Tennessee. As his father had done before him, Chief Joseph, along with fellow Nez Perce leaders, chiefs Looking Glass and White Bird, balked at the resettlement plan. I got my allotment as a Cherokee Freedman, and so did Cal, but we lived here at this place because we was too old to work the land ourselves. My mother, grandmother, aunt Maria and cousin Clara, all worked in the big house. He courted a girl named Sally. Joseph Smith and the church's twelve apostles stated in a Proclamation sent to all of the Emperors, Kings, Princes, and heads of state in the world at the time that "The poor degraded son of the forest "(Indians) would someday . Joseph the Elder's relationship with the whites had been unprecedented. Hams cakes, pies, dresses, beads, everything. Soon as you come out of the water you go over there and change clothes. I'm goin' give Lucy this black mare. When the Vanns were forced from their Spring Place home in 1834, they took many slaves with them when they fled to safety in Tennessee. ames was shot to death at Buffington's Tavern by an enemy. At least twenty-five of Vann's slaves participated in the Cherokee slave revolt of 1842. Following the hearing, the EC decided in Byrd's favor. Tolontuskee a Cherokee Chief being about to open a House of Entertainment at the Crab Orchard on the Cumberland Road has requested . Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. In 1855, he forged a new treaty that created a new reservation for the Nez Perce. Then the preacher put you under water three times. 1818 Letter from Cherokee Chiefs to Gov. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. My pappy was a kind of a boss of the negroes that run the boat, and they all belong to Old Maser Joe. Run it to the bank! but it sunk and him and old Master died. My mother was seamstress. The advance of white settlers into the Pacific Northwest after 1850 caused the United States to press the Native Americans of the region to surrender their lands and accept resettlement on small and often unattractive reservations. We all come back to de old place and find de negro cabins and barns burned down and de fences all gone and de field in crab grass and cockleburs. 29 November 2015. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/black-genealogy/slave-narrative-of-b - Last updated on Aug 24th, 2012, VANN SLAVES REMEMBER 2003 By Herman McDaniel Murray County Museum. There was a problem getting your location. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? James Whitmore is marvelous as the Army officer, with an unusually progressive outlook, but powerless to assist Chief Joseph. RESEARCH NOTE: Joseph possibly #387 on 8 July 1817 Cherokee Emigration Rolls. He would sing for us, and I'd like to hear them old songs again! They had run out of food and were starving, too weak and disillusioned to offer effective resistance. Another time his officer give him a message; he was on his way to deliver it when the enemy spy him and cry out to stop, but father said he kept on going until he was shot in the leg. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. If somebody bad sick he git de doctor right quick, and he don't let no negroes mess around wid no poultices and teas and sech things, like cupping-horns neither! We was too tired when we come in to play any games. Everybody cry, everybody'd pretty nearly die. People just go and help themselves, till they couldn't eat no mo! He'd take us and enjoy us, you know. I remember when the steamboats went up and down the river. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Them Pins was after Master all de time for a while at de first of de War, and he was afraid to ride into Ft. Smith much. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? My mother, grandmother, aunt Maria and cousin Clara, all worked in the big house. I joined the Catholic church after the war. Two year old when my mamma died so I remember nothing of her, and most of my sisters and brothers dead too. The slaves were unsuccessful in their effort to escape to New Mexico. No one knows where they areperhaps freezing to death. His mother was Ne-Ye-Mea Raincrow who was born in 1751 in Knowell, Tennessee.The couple has a number of children: Rachel, Mary Ann Polly Dawn, Joseph, Olikut, Ciley(Celia), Mary Hester, Rachel(another one), Ga-LarUsKiel, John, Kingfisher, and Amos Raincrow.-+----During the late 20th-century excavations at the site of Chota, prior to the Tellico Reservoir impoundment, the remains of Oconostota were found. My mammy was a Crossland Negro before she come to belong to Master Joe and marry my pappy, and I think she come wid old Mistress and belong to her. In one month you have to get back. Quick access. Guion Miller Roll, 1906-1911 "Eastern Cherokee Applications" In 1902, Congress authorized the U.S. Court of Claims to hear claims arising from Cherokee treaties (32 Stat. Failed to report flower. He had apparently been attending the horse races at Louisville, KY. Vann, Joseph H., Cherokee Rose: On Rivers of Golden Tears, 1st Books Library (2001), ISBN 0-75965-139-6. Used to go up and down the river in his steamboat. Sometimes Joe bring other wife to visit Missus Jennie. Lord yes, su-er. I sure did love her. Joseph Vann, the son of Chief James Vann and his wife Margaret Scott Vann, was a lad of 12 when his father was killed, in 1809. He and Master took race horses down the river, away off and they'd come back with sacks of money that them horses won in the races. If someone they didn't want to have it try to dig it up, money sink down, down deep in the ground where they couldn't get it. Old Mistress had inherited some property from her pappy and dey had de slave money and when dey turned everything into good money after de War dat stuff only come to about six thousand dollars in good money, she told me. He born at Spring Place, Georgia on February 11, 1798. See it if you can. Interestingly, Mrs. Vann also speaks of some time that her family spent before and during the war in Mexico. At that time, the council deposed Brown, replacing him with Looney. The cooks would bake hams, turkey cakes and pies and there'd be lots to eat and lots of whiskey for the men folks. Of course I hear about Abraham Lincoln and he was a great man, but I was told mostly by my children when dey come home from school about him. Tuttle. Little hog, big hog, didn't make no difference. Joseph and his sister Mary were children of James Vann and Nannie Brown, both mixed-blood Cherokees. The low class work in the fields. They were soon recaptured by a 100-man armed militia of Cherokee posse organized by the Cherokee Council. A total of 14 slaves were killed or captured in a conflict with a small party of pursuers, who turned back for reinforcements. When we wanted to go anywhere we always got a horse, we never walked. Seneca Chism was my father. My missus name was Doublehead before she married Jim Vann. They put white cloths on the shelves and laid the good on it. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Joseph H. "rich Joe" Vann Collection: MyHeritage Family Trees Site name: Reynolds Web Site Site manager: JJ Birth: Feb 11 1798 - Spring Place, Georgia, Old Cherokee Nation East, United States Death: Oct 23 1844 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Parents: Chief James Vann, Ii, Nannie Vann (born Brown) Sister: Mary Vann I dont know, but that was before my time. He went clean to Louisville, Kentucky, and back. He didn't tell us children much about the War, except he said one time that he was in the Battle of Honey Springs in 1863 down near Elk Creek south of Fort Gibson. Chief Joseph, Native American name In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat, (born c. 1840, Wallowa Valley, Oregon Territorydied September 21, 1904, Colville Reservation, Washington, U.S.), Nez Perc chief who, faced with settlement by whites of tribal lands in Oregon, led his followers in a dramatic effort to escape to Canada. During the American Revolution and afterward, Dragging Canoe's forces were sometimes joined by Upper Muskogee, Chickasaw, Shawnee, and Indians from other tribes . Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. You can always change this later in your Account settings. She holler, "Easter, you go right now and make dat big buck of a boy some britches!". November 19 - Phoenix, Arizona. The Vann family lost their elegant home, rebuilding in the Cherokee Territory of Oklahoma. I had a brother named Harry who belonged to the Vann family at Tahlequah. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. All the Vann marsters was good looking. Death 1800 - Henryville, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA. Then we all have big dinner, white folks in the big house, colored folks in their cabins. I'm glad the War's over and I am free to meet God like anybody else, and my grandchildren can learn to read and write. The colored folks did most of the fiddlin'. He is listed with a wife and five children. They typically had both peace ("white") and war ("red") chiefs. They spun the cottons and wool, weaved it and made cloth. His favorite son, Joseph, may have worked as a gunsmith early in life, but it has not been documented. Lord yes su-er. It was Dont Call the Roll, Jesus, Because Im Coming Home. The only song I remember from the soldiers was: Hang Jeff Davis to a Sour Apple Tree, and I remember that because they said he used to be at Fort Gibson one time. Following his fathers death, Joseph inherited 2,000 acres (8.1km2) of land, river ferries, and trading posts. The remaining Ross group never supported Watie's election, though, and lived apart under their own officials. His parents Peggy Scott Vann and James Vann were both Cherokee of mixed-blood. On January 1, 1827, Pathkiller, last hereditary Cherokee chief, and Charles R. Williams Jr. entered the Cherokee nobility. Pappys name was Kalet Vann, and mammys name was Sally. Everything was fine, Lord have mercy on me, yes. Old Master Joe was a big man in the Cherokees, I hear, and was good to his negroes before I was born. You see, I'se one of them sudden cases. We told him bout de Pins coming for him and he just laughed. It was bad, oh it was bad. Joseph Vann inherited the "Diamond Hill" estate from his father and from him he also inherited the ability for trading by which he increased his fortune to a fabulous size. Chief Joseph, known to his people as Young Joseph or simply Joseph, was the leader of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce people, a Native American tribe that lived on the Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States from the early 18th century to the late 19th century. The Vanns later relocated to Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. Like his father, he excelled in business and politics. We had to get up early and comb our hair first thing. Joseph Vann died on October 23, 1844, in a steamboat accident. When I left Mrs. McGee's I worked about three years for Mr. Sterling Scott and Mr. Roddy Reese. February 11, But de Big House ain't hurt cepting it need a new roof. Search above to list available cemeteries. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is made up of descendants of Cherokee primarily from along the Oconaluftee River in Western North Carolina, in today's Cherokee County. There was a big church. The Cherokee NationEast adopted a written constitution in 1827, creating a government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. ). As tensions mounted, the three chiefs sensed that violence was imminent. I don't remember old Mistress name. There was seats all around for folks to watch them dance. Robin Vann and Unknown 14 year old in 1809 Vann less. When de War come old Master seen he was going into trouble and he sold off most of de slaves. No fusses, no bad words, no nothin like that. Weve updated the security on the site. I couldnt buy anything in slavery time, so I jest give the piece of money to the Vann children. The 5 Coolest Features of a Classic Cherokee Chief Jeep These are a few cool design elements you just won't find in a modern vehicle Christian Hazel Author Feb 4, 2020 See all 8 photos Born in. The slaves had a pretty easy time I think. I always pick a whole passel of muscadines for old Master and he make up sour wine, and dat helps out when we git the bowel complaint from eating dat fresh pork. Joseph H. Vann was born on February 11, 1798, at Spring Place in Georgia. Some of us had money. There Vann developed a plantation and directed slaves to construct a replica of his lost Georgia mansion. I had on my old clothes for the wedding, and I aint had any good clothes since I was a little slave girl. The relationship was soon upended when the United States government took back millions of acres it had promised to Joseph the Elder and his people. Every dollar she make on the track, I give it to Lucy." Born in 1790 to a Scottish trader and a woman of Indian and European heritage, he was only one-eighth Cherokee by blood. The band formed after the treaties of 1817 and 1819 were made between the Cherokee Nation East and the US government; they were outside the former territory. My marster and missus buried their money and valuables everywhere. Theodore Roosevelt, he pleaded for the return of his people to their ancestral home. Oh Lord, no. Everybody had plenty to eat and plenty to throw away. He died on September 21, 1904, and was buried in the Colville Indian Cemetery on the Colville Reservation in the state of Washington. I never did have much of a job, jest tending de calves mostly. Chief Joseph H. Vann was a prominent Cherokee leader in Georgia. But the retreat took its toll on the group. The cooks would bake hams, turkey cakes and pies and there'd be lots to eat and lots of whiskey for the men folks. Some Negroes say my pappy kept hollering, "Run it to the bank! Chief James Vann, like King Henry VIII, had many wives.Here is some more information about the spouses and offspring of Vann, gathered from Dr. Emmet Starr's HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS and his unpublished notes, claims (by Polly Scott) submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, correspondence of the Cherokee Agency . That sure was a tough time for the soldiers, for father said they fought and fought before the "Seesesh" soldiers finally took off to the south and the northern troops went back to Fort Gibson. They wasnt very big either, but one day two Cherokees rode up and talked a long time, then young Master came to the cabin and said they were sold because mammy couldnt make them mind him. Chief. 2 htgus.com; ipkeys.com; 3 212741XXXX; 732982XXXX; 732389XXXX; Tim Roberts SVP Innovative Practices and Humanitarian, Refugee and Emergency Response . I never would hear much about the war that my father was in, but I know he fought for the North. We never had no church in slavery, and no schooling, and you had better not be caught wid a book in your hand even, so I never did go to church hardly any. Over the course of four long months, Chief Joseph and his 700 followers, a group that included just 200 actual warriors, embarked on a 1,400-mile march toward Canada. The preacher took his candidate into the water. Below New Albany, Indiana, the vessel was destroyed when one or more boilers blew up. He also was invaluable to other tribes helping the. Marster and Missus was dead. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. 33, No. His father, Tuekakas (c. 1790-1871), had been baptized earlier that year by a Presbyterian missionary minister named Henry Spalding (1803-1874) and had taken the name Joseph. Dragging Canoe was the stepson of Attakullakulla (Little Carpenter), civil chief of the Cherokee Nation. She had belonged to Joe Hildebrand and he was kin to old Steve Hildebrand dat owned de mill on Flint Creek up in de Going Snake District. Now I'se just old forgotten woman. Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Many Cherokee and the US government recognized him as Principal Chief. Numerous others had previously gone to Oklahoma when their masters voluntarily relocated. Dat was de time dat was the hardest and everything was dark and confusion. He had run off after he was sold and joined de North army and discharged at Fort Scoot in Kansas, and he said lots of freedmen was living close to each other up by Coffeyville in the Coo-ee-scoo-wee District. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Joseph "Chief Joe" Raincrow, 1855 - 1927 Joseph "Chief Joe" Raincrow was born on month day 1855, at birth place, North Carolina, to John Kah-Sah-He-Lee Raincrow and Rachael ( LaChit Lee) Bendabout Raincrow. Friend and Brother, Agency. Principal Chief and incumbent, W.W. Keeler, who had been appointed by President Harry Truman in 1949, was elected. Master Jim and Missus Jennie was good to their slaves. We went down to the river for baptizings. Yes Lord, it was, havy mercy on me yes. Yes, Lord Yes. She is also the first woman elected as chief of a major Native tribe. By the fall of 1877 Chief Joseph and his people were exhausted. Son of Di-Ga-Lo-Hi 'James' "Crazy Chief Vann and Nancy (Go-sa-du-i-sga) Timberlake She married as her second husband, Thomas Mitchell. Learn more about managing a memorial . There was great big wooden scaffolds. Lord it was terible. I'se proud anyway of my Vann name. Everything was fine, Lord have mercy on me, yes. For his lost, Vann sued the government for compensation. I was afraid I would get cheated out of it cause I can't figure and read, so I tell old Master about it and he bought it off'n me. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. A full-blood Cherokee, Chief White Path was born in 1761 near Ellijay and grew up in the cabin. We had bonnets that had long silk tassels for ties. [Note from curator: these slave narratives are not under copyright]. Minor Chief Joseph RainCrow(Raincrow), died in 1871 at the age of 96 years old. More significantly, he refused to sign off on the boundaries of this "new" reservation and leave the Wallowa Valley. The participants in this near slave revolt received physical punishments, but none were killed. Joseph Reid of the County of Grainger in the State of Tennessee hath lawfull business to transact . Nails cost big money and Old Master's blacksmith wouldn't make none 'ceptin a few for old Master now an den so we used wooden dowels to put things together. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chief-Joseph, Chief Joseph - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), Chief Joseph - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). When Marster Jim and Missus Jennie went away, the slaves would have a big dance in the arbor. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Joe had two wives, one was named Missus Jennie. The young, single girls lived with the old folks in another big long house. He died on 20 October, 1868, at over 100 years of age. Coreless Stretch Film; Pre-Stretch Film; Hand Roll; Machine Roll; Jumbo Roll; Industrial Plastic Division. The cooks would bring big iron pots, and cook things right there. We settled down a little ways above Fort Gibson. Consequently, Vann faced eviction from his Georgia mansion, "Diamond Hill," in 1834. Mammy say they was lots of excitement on old Master's place and all the negroes mighty scared, but he didn't sell my pappy off. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. He was a slave on the Chism plantation, but came to Vann's all the time on account of the horses. Born on February 11, 1789, he was also a planter, and businessman who owned slaves, and steamboats among others. Remember Them Home / Chief Joseph Chief Joseph 1840-1904 Native Americans As the newly established American Colonies expanded their borders taking over lands they needed for farming, they frequently encountered resistance from the Indigenous People who had lived on the same land for centuries. The Cherokee NationWest adopted a similar constitution in 1833. Roy Boney (Her Name is Wild Rose) (I am . When they gave a party in the big house, everything was fine. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He come to our house and Mistress said for us Negroes to give him something to eat and we did. Sometimes just white folks danced; sometimes just the black folks. Well, I go ahead, and make me a crop of corn all by myself and then I don't know what to do wid it. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. My uncle used to baptize 'em. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. After the old time rich folks die, them that had their money buried, they com back and haunt the places where it is. I lost my land trying to live honest and pay my debts. This valuable property became a prize for the white man when the laws of Georgia were extended over the Cherokee Nation. Joseph Vann took the rebel slaves belonging to him out of the Cherokee Nation and permanently assigned them to work on his steamboats. There was a bugler and someone called the dances. He located at Webbers Falls on the Arkansas River and operated a line of steamboats on the Arkansas, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers. He'd been one of the early Nez Perce leaders to convert to Christianity, and his influence had gone a long way toward establishing peace with his white neighbors. It is the young men who say, 'Yes' or 'No.' Someone rattled the bones. [1] The Principal Chief was appointed by the US federal government. He tell us for we start, what we must say and what to do. I dont know about Robert Lee, but I know about Lees Creek. It made my Master mad, but dey didn't belong to him no more and he couldn't say nothing. He made many attempts to make peace between the Native American Indians and the white settlers, but it never worked out. In ever did see no money neither, until time of de War or a little before. On October 23, 1844, the steamboat Lucy Walker departed Louisville, Kentucky, bound for New Orleans. When they get it they take it back to their cabin. My parents are both dead now--seems like fifty, maybe sixty year ago. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. The commissary was full of everyting good to eat. Mistress say old Master and my pappy on the boat somewhere close to Louisville and the boiler bust and tear the boat up. Meanwhile, Chief Joseph had made two trips to Washington, D.C., where, presented to Pres. The first whites to take an interest in Cherokees as families were the missionaries who arrived late in the 1790's. Chief Moytoy. De clothes wasn't no worry neither. He was a traveler, didn't stay home much. Chief Seattle Duwamish c. 1780-1866: Shacknasty Jim Modoc c. 1851-1881: Red Cloud Lakota 1822-1909: Standing Bear Ponca c. 1834-1908: Sitting Bull Lakota c. 1831-1890: Chief Pontiac Ottawa 1720-1769: Osceola Seminole 1804-1838: Wilma Mankiller Cherokee 1945-2010: Chief Manuelito Navajo 1818-1893: TRADITIONAL . In Georgia, during the early 1800s, slaves owned by the Vann Family made the bricks and milled the lumber used to build the Vann House in Spring Place. Lord, Yes! You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. Joseph Harold Vann was the Great Grandson of Major John Shepard Vann of the First Cherokee Mounted Rifles during the Civil War, and a Great Great Grandson of Rich Joe Vann, of the Cherokee Nation. Joseph spent the next several years pleading his people's case, even meeting with President Rutherford Hayes in 1879. The most terrible thing that ever happen was when the Lucy Walker busted and Joe got blew up. "Our chiefs are killed. I dont know what he done after that. When the Cherokees discovered that so many of their slaves had fled, they organized a search party to pursue them. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. "Rich Joe" owned a large plantation on the Tennessee River near the mouth of the Ooltewah Creek. My pappy run away one time, four or five years before I was born, mammy tell me, and at that time a whole lot of Cherokee slaves run off at once. Dey was all wid the south, but dey was a lot of dem Pin Indians all up on de Illinois River and dey was wid de North and dey taken it out on de slave owners a lot before de War and during it too. I got all the clothes I need from old Mistress, and in winter I had high top shoes with brass caps on the toe. The first time I married was to Clara Nevens, and I wore checked wool pants, and a blue striped cotton shirt. Clarinda Vann and my aunt Maria turned the keys to the vault and commissary. He didn't want em to imagine he give one more than he give the other. Reportedly, his grave is marked with a head stone, inscribed: We had a good song I remember. We had a smoke house full of hams and bacon. Chief Joseph, known by his people as In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat (Thunder coming up over the land from the water), was best known for his resistance to the U.S. Government's attempts to force his tribe onto reservations. Naval Academy graduate, to Kimberly Teehee, the Cherokee Nation delegate-designate to Congress, during a donation event at the Army and Navy Club (ANC) Washington, D.C., Nov . Dere was a sister named Patsy; she died at Wagoner, Oklahoma. Before he was killed, James Vann was a powerful chief in the Cherokee Nation and wanted Joseph to inherit the wealth that he had built instead of his wives, but Cherokee law stipulated that the home go to his wife, Peggy, while his possessions and property were to be divided among his children. Maybe old Master Joe Vann was harder, I don't know, but that was before my time. The place was all woods, and the Cherokees and the soldiers all come down to see the baptizing. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Young Master never whip his slaves, but if they dont mind good he sell them off sometimes. We stayed here till everything got fixed up, then we went back to Mexico. Mistress say old Master and my pappy on the boat somewhere close to Louisville and the boiler bust and tear the boat up. Geni requires JavaScript! Seated next to Girty is his legal adviser, John Parris. He had at least 1 daughter with Ardwood C Native American. A few days later they caught up with the slaves, still in Indian Territory. Yes I was! He didn't want em to imagine he give one more than he give the other. In this treaty, the group decided to give up all Cherokee land around 1838. Gray Court, SC 5 years at carsforsale.com. And dishes, they had rows and rows of china dishes; big blue platters that would hold a whole turkey. Mother Lydia Humiston. There was a house yonder where was dry clothes, blankets, everything. When the war come they have a big battle away west of us, but I never see any battles. Sometimes they fish in the Illinois river, sometimes in the Grand, but they always fish the same way. He would tell em plain before hand, "Now no trouble." We settled down a little ways above Fort Gibson. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. When night came we cut grass and put the bed clothes on top for a bed. Sometimes I eat my bread this morning none this evening. Joseph was also a Cherokee leader and became even more wealthy than his father. The Historical Society of Cumming/Forsyth fixed that", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Vann&oldid=1125771331, Articles needing additional references from February 2014, All articles needing additional references, Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. 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