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Pawhuska, Okla.
April 24, 1919.

My dear M.
I have just received your letter of the 20th and I was very glad to hear from you.  I have been putting in my time in translating the wi-gi-e I secured from Wa'tse'-mon-ir, as Shin-ge-mon-ir has not yet returned. I was going to get some short stories from Ben Harrison but he has sickness in the family and so that leaves me to my translation.  Bonnicastle told me as he came home from town that Shon'-ge-mon-ir was in Gray-horse sick, I hope that don't mean he is going to die.

Yesterday morning I was down town and I met Mrs Lookout and her son.  They were going to their home in the country and they invited me to go with them.  I spent the day with the family there and got rested.  Fred is clearing some more of his land so that he now has 160 acres under cultivation.  If he keeps on he will be independently wealthy.  He has plenty of cattle and pigs.

I am very glad that the domestic matters are settling down in our home, that Jane is doing well and Jackson is giving your matters some attention. I shall be very glad when we get back again into our dining room.

I do not think it worth while bothering with those Indian Rights people. Instead of helping the Indians in matters that are of much importance in their business affairs they persecute them in their religious matters and arouse their enmity.  I am glad you did not go to their meeting.

From a letter I received from Caryl it seems that Noah died from pneumonia.  He died in