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7 the Authorities, it is our desire to have this change. The Govt sends out Officers, to see how we are getting along. And he reports only the White men & talks to them. He does not pass among the people, [[strikethrough]] & let them see [[/strikethrough]] personally look into the affairs of the people. This the reason why we have come to you as to one we know who will listen to us, [[strikethrough]] & you [[/strikethrough]] and give our words to the Dept. [[strikethrough]] that and tell you those [[/strikethrough]] which we speak of things which involve changes [[strikethrough]] & which [[/strikethrough]] we [[strikethrough]] are serve will [[/strikethrough]] think are essential to the future welfare of the people. If we could come to Washington we would tell the Authorities that it would be better to have the money coming from the [[?]] sale of land divided among the men, that each could buy his