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Therefore, I have estimated for $35.00/100 to meet the contingency of having to transport grain for my team when out camping away from my suppliers.

I have also estimated for work during the entire Quarter, and if the weather will permit the work will be pushed along as far as possible.

The expenses of this allotment are heavy owing to the rugged nature of this large reservation, traversed by mountains, canyons, and by streams which are only fordable at low water, necessitating at other times canoe travel. A large portion of my work has been where miles of travel were needful to go but a short distance, owing to the cut-up nature of the land. "One must go five miles to make one," seems to be rate of motion in the region according to the saying of the settlers hereabouts.

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