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shift to keep my wagon bottom from falling out; he replaced a bolt, and put a hook on an iron chain which held the horses; he also tightened the shoes upon the horses, which had loosened while crossing the mountain and reset a shoe that came off on the way to the Agency.  This is all the work he has done for me which my driver or I can recall.  The shoeing of my horses, the repairing of my wagon has done outside the reservation according to authority granted and as shown by my vouchers.

None of my workmen have been served by the Agency blacksmith to my knowledge.

The letter of the Agent is of small importance except as it places a construction upon my letter of July 17 not contemplated by me, and makes to appear that Agency employees do work for me which I vouched for as done outside the Agency.

I desire to be distinctly understood as having no wish to provoke controversy and as declining to enter into any with the Agent or any employee on this reservation, and as far as I am concerned the matter ends here.

Respectfully

[[signature]] Alice C. Fletcher [[/signature]]
Spl. Ind. Agt.