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happen to prevent your coming.  How pleased father and Big Elk will be to hear your book.  The Indians understand by the Governors letter that they are[[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] citizens. My! they are proud of this letter, our man told me the paper had a big star on it.  The letter must - have been quite gorgeous as they say it was tied with "real silk ribbon". I am always well, real well when I am all right.  So you see it will be perfectly convenient for you to come.  I hope to be all right - for some time the last two times have been very hard on me.  How I wish my girl had lived.  If you [[re]]