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be among the lawyers of the land.  The reason he thinks the Omahas are living now is because they are working and trying to help themselves.
They cant get along very fast with the Agents and traders they have [[strikethrough]] on the Agency [[/strikethrough]] they seem to keep them back.  He hopes that the white people will help so that they may have [[corn?]] on the  Reserve.  The Agent does nothing that is good for them and that will help them any..  The Agent told them they should have houses built for them so they cut timber and the houses were never built for them
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Timber lay and rotted.  Agent Painter told them first, that each family should have a house- they cut timber and he built about 12 houses.  Agent White told them same thing and they cut timber again