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is very gray and he looks old with his mustache shaved.

Bacon Rind and Red Eagle have not entered their suit yet and I do not think they will. They are playing a bluff game and propose to block tribal business for the next two years. Some of the Hominy people are here at the call of the Supt, and I think it is about the question of having a new election. The council of seven refused to take action on the Secretary's order for them to fill the vacancies in some way. B.R. and R.E. expected the tribe to pay the expenses of the suit but when they learned that they would have to meet the expenses themselves they have adopted the scheme of hanging on and blocking business till the end of the term of the new council. R.E. seems to be weakening