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Show ANCIENT INDIAN CELEBRATES MIS I23RD BIRTHDAY GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.. June 24. Cherokoe Bill, veteran of the plains a.nd soldier In the war of 1812, has' Just celebrated his 123rd birthday at' the county home here. Cherokoe Bill Is tho only name he knows. Tn the oarly days of the country coun-try he fought with bow and arrow with the aborigines and even usml Lhat primitive weapon, he save, when lie fought tho British in 1812, enlisting enlist-ing In tho army when he was 15 rears old. He was born Juno 6. 1797. md was twice listed in the United States census as the oldest native of cVmorlca. The aged Indian recently made a cap for .himself out of the down of cattails cat-tails and wears this proudly when ho hobbles along the streets occasionally occa-sionally with the aid of a cane he has Dwned since the Civil war. He is get-:lng get-:lng feeble, though he still has a good ippetite. I |