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He is going tell you what an Agent did some years ago: He brought the money down in a bag. the money was in gold pieces. he took a table & placed his chair beside it and put the money on the table & laid a revolver on one side of the pile. & a sharp knife on the other. One of the Indian chiefs (this took place in a [[?]] lodge all the chiefs & police & people were there to draw their money. Duta [[Mornie?]] was one of the police) went up to the Agent & asked him to tell how much money there was in the pile. Agent threw himself on the pile & said it should not be counted. he put the money into a bag & said they should not have any of it. The Indians replied he could keep the money. the Gov't must have sent it to him & it must belong to him. In a few days the Agent said he was going to give them the money. & he gave out some money, but the amt of the bag full Indian given knew. All the people had be command to