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the law and make clear its advantages, but with only partial success, the Indians being at that time much disturbed by their Agency affairs and disinclined to regard any act of the Government favorably.

Finding that the condition of the boundary of the reservation was a source of anxiety to the tribe, the lines laid down by the treaty having been encroached upon by each new wave of white settlers, I [[strikethrough]] therefore [[/strikethrough]] deemed it expedient to send the Surveyor to retrace the boundary lines. Matters continued to be stormy about the Agency, the life of my Interpreter, James Stewart, was threatened, and as fast as I employed Indians to work with the Surveyor, they were intimidated and forced to leave him. It was due to the patience and tact of the Surveyor, Mr Briggs, that no serious trouble occurred, while I was able to maintain an outward peace, although I resolutely refused