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Indians instructed in the duties and responsibilities, as well as, the privileges of citizenship. This can best be done before the Agent loses his legal control, one that totally disappears when the Indian becomes a citizen.

I am aware that this ^[[is]] an executive matter but it is a matter that is not likely to be [[?]] into practical operation, except the Indian officers be assisted by a sympathetic public opinion, & thus prepare for the abolishment of a political office. There are many reasons why such a policy must both be considered politic, as necessary, these will surely suggest themselves. I would not again mention this subject, but that each experience in allotment, and this is my third tribe, convinces me of its misfortune, of its real necessity to the Indian.

As to my work among the Nez Perce: The country is very rugged in parts, and has been much misrepresented as to the character of its soil. In general terms, all this region of country is grazing, rather than strictly agricultural. Grazing is the chief, almost sole industry. [[Grazing?]] refers to favored localities, but