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mile journey to reach a spot a mile away, and in moving camp six miles, I had to travel over 40 miles, taking two days of hard work for man & beast. This broken character of the land made it slow and trying work to get about, and to get word to Indians to look after their allotments. The second difficulty grew out of the continued troubles at the Agency, and the opposition to allotment that was still fomented there, threatening and intimidating messages being constantly received by the law-abiding Indians, who were taking allotments, and also the efforts to perplex the Indians which were made by white men interested in cattle herding upon the reservation.

During the latter part of October I returned to Kamiah, the rains having set in, and the cold and inclement weather rendering tenting upon the uplands hazardous to health. The Surveyor was busy closing the township lines, and connecting the new survey upon [[charts.?]]