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        F. La Flesche

                    Feb 23/rd 1886
 Dear friend.
        I can not tell you how good we are to hear from you. You make us want to push forward the future looks bright and it seems that we can accomplish a great deal if we adopt the system of self-government.

   You know our wants and what is the best for us. Your advice is good we will try and follow it. Nothing can be better than this plan of self-government it will teach us to be strong in our-selves and it will also teach us