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machinery which might have been used for an operation in the work of allotment was unavailable, and the Indians demoralized in their relations to Government officials. [[strikethrough]] including ?? [[/strikethrough]] While I received every help possible from Special Agent Welton and it was most valuable, still the Indians knew that he was not to remain, and the incoming Agent was unwelcome in a remarkable degree. Every Indian official was openly opposed to Severalty, the police forbid any one speaking to me; my Surveyor was warned not to work, and as fast as I engaged men to assist him, they were intimidated and forced to leave me. My driver and interpreter was an especial object of persecution and his life threatened if he continued in my employ. In the midst of all these troubles with no possible official co-operation from the Agency my task required all my address and experience to render it possible of performance. When I look back on the past four months and see what I have accomplished, for I am now practically master of the situation, having now the confidence and regard of the best part of the tribe, I am profoundly grateful for the victory gained.

Every week during my stay here I have hoped that the Agency troubles would be over, but now at the end of four months it seems doubtful whether matters are likely to improve and as my work has reached a point where more help is demanded

Transcription Notes:
It is Agent Welton not Melton. Carney misreads this several times.