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accomplished this year in the face of all efforts to embarrass me.

New Allotments made this year. | 780
Readjustments under new law requiring equal work | 451
Total Allotments this year | 1231
Total number of completed allotments to date. | 1440
Incomplete allotments. | 35
[[sub-total]] | 1475
Allotments yet to be made, about. | 300
Total number of Indians now registered | 1775.

I desire dear Gen. Morgan to assure you of my regard and esteem for you as a man and as an officer.  This feeling together with the consciousness that God has placed me here where I stand apparently the sole bulwark between the progressive Christian Indian and the helpless ones on this reservation and the corrupt forces marshalled against them, have held me steadfast in this distasteful and harrassing task at the sacrifice of personal interests and comforts, and today prevents my rendering the Government my resignation.

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