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Kamiah  In the Field  Nez Perce
August 2    9

Hon. Commsr of Indian Affairs.

Sir:
I have the honor to report that since my last communication of July 25, the retracing of all the lines of the old survey at Kamiah has been completed. The task was more difficult upon the West side of the Clearwater than was anticipated and occupied more time. Since all the monuments have been set up and I could see how the Indians have run their fences, roads, and laid out their fields, it is clear that nearly every person would be more or less changed. It would be impossible to give them their land as they now occupy it, and to describe the tracts according to every subdivision in the legal survey, the fields cross the lines in every direction, frequently circling in and out of different lots. I have talked with a few of the more intelligent and they advise the necessity of "straightening out their land," but there will be bitter opposition from others.