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physical strength of the Indian lads. The wounds from the thorn bushes sometimes induces inflammation of the eyes, and while the boys have worked well, they could not prudently go on. The present force are doing well, and I hope will last thro this Fall's work, as I do not think the work will be quite as severe after a few weeks.

The soil here is of the same light shallow character, much of it broken & rocky, and necessitating careful grading. I have been out thro. the settlements East, in the Clearwater region. I find the people quite poor, altho. of a hardworking and good class, many of them old miners, who have settled here, near the place of their former triumphs & defeat. [[insert]] The people say [[/insert]] "We have no market. We should glut what little there is if we tried to raise much. There is no one to buy, nor can we get any price for what we raise if we try to raise any amount of grain, or hays." Several of the settlers have visited me in camp. One man naively said "It is as good as a circus to see the woman-boss," but all the people I have met have evinced a fair & kindly spirit toward the Indians and say: "If we only had a market it would be a great help to have the Indians work their land, but as it is I don't see what they are going to do." 

The only part of the reservation containing genuine Agricultural soil is north of the Clearwater in T 36 and 37 Range 4 W and I am trying to induce some of the most thrifty to go there. I have already persuaded several. The railroad is there and [[?]] industry. My weekly and monthly statements and my quarterly reports are delayed until I can reach my papers at Kamiah where I hope to arrive in a week or ten days.

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

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