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The Friends and Presbyterians are at work here; at the boarding school the Superintendent and wife are Friends, but the teachers and all the employees are identified with the Presbyterians, tho there is no minister of any sort in charge, and few visit the agency. The superintendent, Mr. Keeler, generally opens Sunday school, and conducts evening prayers nightly. He is unlike the Nebraska Friends, and so are those at Osage Agency, as he and the latter are [[underline]] singers [[/underline]], and have plenty of music.  They urge me to preach, so I have been making addresses as often as able, tho I [[strikethrough]] ba [[/strikethrough]] had a bad cough for three weeks, lasting till about ten days ago. The only work done here is among the children