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is the source of livelihood for white men of this region and for the Indians. As I have ridden over the country I have seen its character, which is shown in its flora, the absence of certain fauna, & the range of the thermometer during the twenty-four hours. This has been a very dry hot season, yet frosts have killed the potatoes in July, and made ice quarter of an inch thick. I find white settlers abandoning their claims, and except two men I have not found any one who was not waiting to sell out & leave. The bunch grass is gone, the cattle have used up the reservation range, and only those men who understand the care of stock, and who are now improving their herds, raising timothy, and wheat to cut in the milk for food, are likely to survive here on Camas prairie. This region is not likely to have much of a future before it, but is likely to [[insert]] remain [[/insert]] isolated, owing to its inaccessibility by railroad. The Indians therefore must be content to graze their herds, raise their small amount of grain and pack it to the mines that lie in the Mts. to the East. There is not the danger here from crowding settlers that will attend some other reservations, but there are dangers to be guarded against.