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had never lived with the tribe. In the course of his enquiries Agent Wilkinson discovered the existence of a most violent prejudice in the tribe against the decendants of the Baroda family, on account of some alleged misconduct, the nature of which is not stated, on the part of a member of the family, and this is, as you will see, reaffirmed in Mrs Peters' affidavit.

I do not see that Mrs Peters has any stronger claims than Celestia Kuhn, or that her case is in any way more meritorious, and I am not unmindful of the action taken in her case — Office