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because I am steadily putting the people upon their best lands and doing all I can to insure them the means of any future prosperity they can possibly obtain by industry. I thought I had met persons who were hungry for Indians' lands, but to this section I must yield the palm, always making several notable and honorable exceptions.

The broken rugged character of the land calls for some peculiar adjustments in allotting and today I submit a typical case for the information of the Dept. and its instructions.

The Surveyor ^[[insert]]Gen'l of Idaho [[/insert]] has modified his instructions to meet the Surveyor of this work, but he has failed to comprehend one of the most difficult bits of the work, which arises from the "partial survey" of Township 33 N. R. 4 East, on the North West portion, thereby fixing the North & West Sections, where the errors which occur in running out the township must legally be thrown; the South line of the township is a Standard Parallel and it cannot be jagged. I write today about this matter and send diagrams of the survey made in 1871-2 which causes all the trouble.

My Indian Assistants, and the Surveyor's corps, all of the returned students, are rendering most satisfactory and faithful work. I move camp tomorrow going still further away on the East side of the Clearwater.

Respectfully
[[signature]] Alice C. Fletcher [[/signature]]
Special Ind. Agt.