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Department of the Interior, 
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 
WASHINGTON, 

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Dec . 30, 1889.

Hon. Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Sir:

I would respectfully ask instructions concerning the lands hitherto held as Mail Stations on the Nez Perce Reservation, how much of them are subject to allotment.

At Grier's Ferry, on the Clearwater, Eastern part of the reservation, four fields have been enclosed, these being upon the bottom and uplands, not far from 100 acres are thus controlled besides unlimited pasture.

At Caldwell's Station on the west side of Craig's Mt. over 80 acres are enclosed, while the cattle roam over miles of pasture.

At White's Station, over 700 acres are under fence. This latter station is now not on the stage line which has been changed to pass outside the reservation line.

All these stations have more or less substantial improvements and buildings.

At Fi^[[r]] bluffs, on the Clearwater river, mouth of the Potlatch there is a ware house and station for the storage of grain, controlled by ^[[Mr.]] McFarland. Concerning this site there is a dispute,