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  <A title=3DDaviesWalt at cs.com=20
  href=3D"mailto:DaviesWalt at cs.com">DaviesWalt at cs.com</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dcchouk at cox.net=20
  href=3D"mailto:cchouk at cox.net">cchouk at cox.net</A> ; <A=20
  title=3Dor-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us=20
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  href=3D"mailto:OREGON-L at rootsweb.com">OREGON-L at rootsweb.com</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 12, =
2003 8:42=20
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Walt's =
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  Charlotte</DIV>
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FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">Hey Cecil send the one about the big blue ox I like that story. Walt </DIV>
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<CENTER>Nineveh Ford's Ox=20
From "Into the Eye of The Setting Sun" =
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Charlotte Matheny Kirkwood used by permission</CENTER>
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 crossing of the North Platte, we camped at a place called Soap =
Springs. =20
 It as a boggy place.  Old Mr. Mills stepped into a sink hole and, =
as he=20
 said: "went in up to his hat band."  Niniva Ford's big black ox =
blundered=20
 into one during the night.  In the morning he was found and =
pulled out=20
 before Niniva was up.  He was covered, all but his head, with the =
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 blue mud.  Niniva made a great fuss when he could not find his =
big black=20
 ox.=20
      Everyone else "hook =
up." =20
 There was a lone blue ox grassing about that no one seemed to =
claim. =20
 Niniva was asked if it were not his.  He said, "No my ox is =
black."=20
 Finally he was advised to take it anyway, the owner perhaps had yoked =
up the=20
 black ox by mistake.  There seemed nothing else to do, so Niniva, =
mad as=20
 a hornet, went out to catch the ox, while everyone looked on and=20
 laughed.  After a while Niniva laughed about it too, but he did =
not at=20
 first.  He was still too mad at the man that he thought had taken =
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  </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000>Note: Nineveh Ford's name has been =
misspelled by=20
  several people.  I have copies of documents which contain his=20
  signature.  He spelled it "NINEVEH".  Ninevah was the city; =
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  was my great great grandfather.</FONT></FONT></B><B><FONT =
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D4>From wet San =
Diego</FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT>
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