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the responsibility of becoming citizens. We are not capable of becoming citizens now in our present state but we can be fixing for it. We know the white men are trying to get a hold of our lands and you know what is best for us.

The Agent is very anxious to put a Sub Agent over us but we are fighting against it. We hope the petition will meet the approval of the department getting the money little by little we have no lasting benefit from it. if we get it in bulk it will buy us stock to put on our lands. 
Because the foolish ones will spend the money foolishly is no reason why the sensible