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is not needful for allotment and lose valuable time by subdividing buttes, cañons and rocky stretches, which are not likely to be needed by anyone for years to come, and the allotment work be delayed & [[?]]. If you can so modify his instructions, that he can close escential lines, but not subdivide except where it will be necessary for allotment, it will be of great help to the work in hand, and a very great accommodation to the service.

As to submitting "returns promptly." This can be done in a few townships where all the land is likely to be taken, but in other instances it will be impossible, until the allotment is complete. As the Indians are widely scattered, their settlements being 60 miles and more distant [[insert]] from each other [[/insert]] & the distances enhanced by the mountainous and difficult nature of the country, it will take sometime for me to gather them all & allot them, but as fast as a township has had all its available land allotted the return will be made  Will that arrangement be satisfactory to you?

There are three points on which your instructions