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Pawhuska. Ok.
Nov, 30. 1912

My dear M.

Thanksgiving is over and I hope you have had a good time. I had my dinner with a Ben Harrison. It was a very good dinner and after that we had our talk about various things and he gave me a story I have written out. It is very good.

Today I am invited to dinner at [[Wa'-in-xa-ge's?]] one of the principal men at this camp. I have accepted and I expect to hear some pretty good things as he is one of those who know something about the [[Non-hon-zhni-ga?]]. He, however, has refused to give me any of the rites and gives as an excuse his being rusty on account having joined the peyote Society. But he talks about the rites and in that way makes some things plain that have been doubtful in my mind as to their meaning. There was another reason 

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