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I have had several days of work over disputed claims, these take considerable time, and patience as every one must have his say out or feel that justice has not been done to his side of the question. None of these disputes however have been acrimonious and all are so far pleasantly & peaceably adjusted. This settling of claims will occupy much of next week.

In a former report I stated that by October 7th, if all went well, I hoped to have one third of the tribe allotted. When I wrote that sentence I did not know the land I should have to travel over, nor did the Surveyor realize the broken nature of the country. He says that in seventeen years experience, he never met so long a stretch of hard work. In running 3 miles one day, he was obliged to cross 6 canyons, each one nearly 2000 feet deep. Some of these gashes are absolutely impassable. The severity of the work has used up some of the men, and I have been obliged to take on fresh hands, as my monthly report will show. In one instance I had to take a white man, as the work was in a critical place, the weather threatening and no time to be lost in hunting up an Indian who could speak English. The man has proved a good worker and as long as he holds out I think it advisable to keep him. Steady work from day-light to dark, walking, climbing on hands and knees up and down canyons, seems to break down the