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As soon the weather will permit, probably by [[missing]] the 1st of March, I expect to [[missing]] in the Lapwai valley [[missing]] covering all the territory lying [[missing]] Craigs Mt.  It will be impossible to cross this mountain before May and take up work upon it, [[missing]] side. The month of July must be spent upon the Clearwater river going in canoes from Griers Ferry, to the North Fork and thence down the Clearwater to the mouth of the Hatnai ^[[creek]]. Indians are living all along the bottom lands and can only be reached by canoe, and July is the only month when the water is at a safe stage for boating at all times. The country about the North Fork is very rugged and also the breaks of the Clearwater, where much of the work of allotment must be carried on, and all this country is as yet unsurveyed, therefore it will be