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The Surveyor is obliged to chain every line of the old survey, as nearly all the corners are destroyed and the bearing trees burnt or cut down. He will be thro. in about two days, and by that time I trust his orders for the new survey will arrive. I have over 150 allotments, which I cannot complete, as the Indians have taken their land except their garden patches in this valley, upon unsurveyed land. I think nearly all of Township 32 N. R.3. E. and all but the hills and rocky cañons of T.33. N. R.3. E. and fractional Townships 31. Ranges 3 & 4. E  Townships 32 & 33. Ranges 3 & 4. W. will be fully allotted [[insert]] and these are unsurveyed. [[/insert]] The Indians living here will scatter west as far as the Boise meridian, holding garden patches in this valley in Lawyer's Cañon & MeadowCreek, which empties into Lawyer's cañon. The bulk of the upland is grazing land. The people are very busy harvesting, treading out the wheat with horses, while the women winnow the grain in flat baskets held high over their heads. The life is very picturesque, but one regrets that so industrious a people, are so isolated & have so little to do with.

Respectfully
[[signature]] Alice C. Fletcher [[/signature]]
Special Ind. Agt.