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nigh impossible to put it in practice. I should be inclined to widen [[strikethrough]] less? [[/strikethrough]] the scope of the first law making it to read: "All Indians who have ^[[received]] or who shall hereafter receive allotments and who were ^[[or shall be]] & now reads, [[insert]] Tribal [[/insert]] Indian marriage customs, are hereby declared legitimate."  It will be surer & easier to legalize the Indian marriage than to seek to enforce on every tribe allotted our legal form of ^[[marriage]]. These latter are sure to come, it is only the question of a few years, the educations, the civilizations & the Christianization of the tribes make the marriage laws of our code bound to prevail. I trust I make myself clear.  It is the practical difficulty of enforcing the law when a license is required, its expense, as well as the [[whiteness?]] of a county seat from ^[[the ?ting]] the Crows, the Blackfeet, the Sioux, for instance necessitating travel & added expenses ^[[under such [[discuss staying??]] I fear the law would not be executed & the children would suffer in consequence. By the legitimizing of the offspring of Indian marriages, the enforcement of the law will not depend upon any executive office or officers for it carries itself.

As to the amount of land to be allotted, I am