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leading men of the Tribe cannot plead [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] ignorance as to [[strikethrough]] what is or [[/strikethrough]] the Allotments as they have been in [[strikethrough]] almost [[/strikethrough]] constant communication with me during the [[strikethrough]] work [[/strikethrough]] past 13 months, and [[strikethrough]] have been [[/strikethrough]] cognizant of every act affecting the interests of claimants. At the Counsel called soon [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] after my arrival on the Reservation, in explaining [[strikethrough]] to them [[/strikethrough]] the work I had been sent to do, I told the [[strikethrough]] people [[/strikethrough]] Tribe I should [[strikethrough]] do everything [[/strikethrough]] act with their full Knowledge, and as far as possible with their approval. I laid down certain rules to be observed in the work, and [[strikethrough]] I kept [[/strikethrough]] my word has been kept to the [[strikethrough]] Tribe [[/strikethrough]] people [[strikethrough]] to them [[/strikethrough]] in every particular, as they reminded me publicly the last time we met [[strikethrough]] a [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] in Counsel at [[strikethrough]] I was the distribution of the papers. [[/strikethrough]]

Under the influence of this work the people have made a marked advance [[strikethrough]] d in [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] not only in [[strikethrough]] increasing the size of  [[/strikethrough]] their farming, but in thinking