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the law and make clear its advantages but with only partial success. The Indians being at that time much disturbed [[torn]] affairs and discuss: [[change??]] [[torn]] any act [[torn]] government formally. [[torn]] of the boundary of the reservation was a source of anxiety in the tribe, the lines laid down by the treaty having been encroached upon by each new wave of white settlers. I [[strikethrough]] therefore [[/strikethrough]] discerned it expedient to send the surveyor to retrace the boundary lines. Matters continued to be stormy about the Agency, the life of my Interpreter, James Stewart was threatened, and as fast as I employed Indians to work with the Surveyor, they were intimidated and forced to leave him. It was due to the patience and tact of the Surveyor, Mr. Briggs, that we learned trouble occurred. While I was able to maintain an outward peace, although I resolutely refused