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the springs are in this rough region, the Surveyor has had to extend lines over the unsurveyed patches.

The Indians are collecting money to erect a church building at Meadow Creek, where they already have a church organization and a native paster.

We have made up to date here about 30 allotments and some "8" more are selected waiting for them to be run out. The vast distances are hard to travel necessitating shifting camp frequently, and as the region is almost treeless it is often a problem to get sufficient wood to boil our coffee. The allotments will be worthless as farms unless fenced, as white men's and Indians' cattle range at will everywhere, and cut off or tramp out every bit of grass.

I shall return to Kamiah within a few days to try and drive out the Indians to show or make claims, a task of great difficulty and uncertainty, as few take interest in this extra land now their bottom patches are run out.

Respectfully
[[signature]] Alice C. Fletcher [[/signature]]
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