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Nez Perce
June 22    1

Hon. Commis of Ind. Affairs
Sir:

Herewith I transmit a map showing part of Section 21. 22. and 23. of Township 36. N. R. 4. W. including that portion of the reservation going south of the Clearwater river, traversed by the railroad; and also shows the location of the Agency buildings, the defined Langford claim, that is, the old Mission site of about 20 acres, described by metes and bounds, and also the place known as the border."  This latter locality has already been the subject of communications and I have an office letter of date March 8. 1890, marked "L 374 - 1890" [[instructing?]] me not to allot this land but to leave it for the tribe.  At this point the wood used by the Indians for miles around, is caught and hauled up on the shore.  The railroad bridge and embankment crosses at this point and extends ^[[a]] considerable distance along the land adjoining Lot 1. Sec. 22.  All the land