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Mr. W. D. Robins
U.S. Indian Agent
Nez Perce Agency

Sir.
At the request of James Moses (a Nez Perce Indian, under your jurisdiction as Agent) to aid him in obtaining just treatment at the hands of the allotting agent now operating on the Nez Perce reserve, by presenting his case to the Dept at Washington and processing if possible, the issuance, of such instructions by the Indian office, to the allotting agent in question as will place James Moses in possession of that which is his under the tenure of the treaty as also by right of occupancy.  I respectfully submit the following:  I am informed that the allotting agent refuses to allot to James Moses the land adjacent to what is known