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Refer in reply to the following:
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Department of the Interior,
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
Washington,

October 13th.1891.

My Dear Miss Fletcher: -
Time is precious, so I will use the typewriter.

Your kind letter greeted us soon after our returnhome [[handwritten ^ to break return and home]] and was very welcome. I was delighted to have you suggest the possibility of giving up such difficult, taxing work, which I hope you will surely do. You ought to give all your time to literary effort and that is needed just as much as the other. We have seen the notices of the Century articles you are to write, and all are very complimentary. Mr.Morgan thinks they will be invaluable. 

He was not surprised at te acount you gave of the Special Agent, for much the same thing has happened at other places. He hopes to accomplish his retirement, as well as that of the man he whitewashed. It would have been done in both cases if [[underlined]][[handwritten]] he [[/underlined]] had the power, but there is no telling how long itmay [[handwritten ^ to break it and may]] take to bring it about. He, too, has had the lesson of patience to learn, as you have. These are the things that try men's souls. He has been trying to write you, but almost every spare hour has been given to his report. 

I have written Miss Gay a bit about our trip, and will not burden you with more. We are glad to be at home again and at work and Mr.Morgan does not feel at all easy when he is away.