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that this would involve the survey of buttes, cañons and great stretches of broken rocks, like the debris of a quarry, tracts that would not be needed for allotment, nor would any one be likely to want the land for years to come, and asked if all escential lines might be closed, and only such subdivisions made as were necessary to the allotment thus saving valuable time. I await his answer.

The difficulty and time consumed in getting about owing to the rugged character of the land & the absence of roads, hinders the work some what, and I am also set back by the dense smoke, making it unsafe to travel except on well marked trails, as the country is invisable. One can hardly see 100 yards in any direction. But for this, I should use this time in going over some distant parts of the reservation which I must visit and examine. As soon as rain comes & puts out the fires I shall start on a trip which will be over 400 miles in length before I can return to my present camp. I must go to the people living on the North Fork of the Clearwater. The river is too low to return in a canoe, so I must make this long detour.