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am quite well but very anxious about getting of in time for Christmas. II very much want to get that 7" degree from Wa-xri-zhi before I leave as that is very important and he might die I get it as old Saucy Calf did. There are individuals who know a little about these things but they recite them parrot-fashion and cannot give the mean intelligently as this man. Wa-xri-zhi has heard these things continually from his father who was one of the men thoroughly posted on these rites and W. is the only one who can be relied upon for an intelligent explanation of them. The non-hon-zhin-ga seem to have been [[tyranical?]] with their knowledge of these rites that every ambitious man wanted and they patiently gave to only those who were their favorites so that many who have purchased them secured them only in fragments and do