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children desire to live with the Omahas and make the reservation their permanent home, and if the tribe will adopt them according to their custom, there will be no objection so far as this Office is concerned to their having allotments on the reservation.

This very case was referred to Agent Wilkinson before you were assigned to the work of making the allotments, and after referring the matter to a Council of the tribe he reported adversely thereon. The Indians knew or affected to know but very little about Mrs. Peters. They thought she belonged to the Baroda family, but said she