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There is another point of much importance to these Indians and to all tribes under allotment. It is preparation for self-government. Severalty brings citizenship, and between the allotment and receiving of the patents not more than three years is apt to intervene. Many of the reservations are already included within the limits of counties, as this is. Precincts will soon be organized, and the Indian find himself plunged into forms of government which he does not at all understand. The result is at the best, confusion, often, serious difficulty. All this can be in a large measure avoided by adopting certain changes while yet the Agent's power legally exists. For instance: This reservation is naturally divided into two parts by Craigs Mt. which runs N.E. & S.W. across Ranges 1 and 2 W. Boise Mountain. There is a triangular strip [[insert]] in the southeast [[/insert]] taking in Townships 31, 32, 33, Ranges 1 W. & 1, 2, 3 & 4 E, which lies in Idaho County, the remainder of the res. is in Nez Perce County. The land East of Craigs Mt. therefore would naturally [[insert]] politically [[/insert]] divide into two precincts, one [[insert]] to the south [[/insert]] in Idaho County with its headquarters at Kamiah, the other [[insert]] to the north [[/insert]] in Nez Perce Co. its headquarters at the settlement of North Fork. While that part of the res. West of Craigs Mt. would form a 3d precinct, with headquarters at the Agency. If the Indians residing in the geographical