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He reached Kamiah early in November, and ran out all the allotments upon the unsurveyed land in that vicinity which it was possible for me to make. The people were still absent running pack trains to the mines, although the threatening approach of winter was beginning to drive them home. The same cause made it necessary for me to leave Kamiah while it was yet possible to make the ascent out of the valley. On Monday [[insert]] morning [[/insert]] Nov. 18, I left Kamiah and arrived at Ft. Lapwai Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 20, just two hours in advance of a severe storm, which would have stuck me in the mountains until next April, as the journey has been impracticable at any time since.

At Lapwai I found the resistance to allotment still in force, the leaders being the same Indian officials abetted by those who cling to old notions and customs. These men threatened to beat any man who would take an allotment, nightly councils were held, and the arts of