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the sparsity of water, the dry climate little rain June thru to September, or not at all this year, the elevation of the land East of Craig's Mt. known as Camas Prairie, where the bulk of the Perce nation lies, all this renders the natural condition such as to make this a grazing rather than a farming country. West of the Craig's Mt. it is some what different altho. not wholly dissimilar for opening of the Reservation has been the theme of the [[insert]] local [[/insert]] newspapers for some months, and the land has been cleared as tho. it were indeed prairie, and fears that I might allot it without discrimination as grazing land have led to some very queasy performances on the part some of the people hereabout.  You can fancy me followed about by persons who consider it their duty to "look after the interests of the settlers," and you would be amused if not incensed, at the strange comments, and almost threats when it is discovered, that desirable locations are already allotted. They do often openly declare "the Indians have no rights to the land, any way, they ought to be made to stay in the canõns." Perhaps the Indians have no rights and perhaps