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mismanagement he says I have bade him "work in places where it was against his judgment".  This is not true.  He is working to keep his pay going longer than need be.  He wants to keep in with me, and yet I have good reason to think that he is playing in with the clique who desire to obstruct the work & by its delay, bring pressure to bear upon the office to send a new Agent & in that way throw out the allotment & secure the good lands that I have allotted, [[start?]] the Indians in the poor places and my surveyor is promised the new job if he will bring this about.  He is now associating with the leaders of this movement.  He is not sure which side will win, whether my work will stand or the politians will gain their [[point?]] of a reallotment, & he is trying to keep in with both.  All for the sake of the pay, for I am sorry to say I don't think he cares for the moral of the case, tho. he talks well to me in my presence.  I have been sure that some influence has been at work for the past 4 or 5 mos.  I have not liked the way he has