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GEORGE L. NELSON
LUMBER and RAILROAD TIES
INDIAN NECK, VA. 
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every time they have been promised that in their new homes they should be undisturbed yet when ever, in their onward march, white men white men became to be neighbors, the old troubles come again Encroachments aggression, or open warfare and then another Removal by the [[underlined]] Indians [[/underlined]] hear.  I will give the present location of the Indians the Reservations vary in size and in quality  Some of us have very little to attract the white man and where this is true they are unmolested by the white men [[underlined]] the [[/underlined]] present idea as to what to do with the Indians is shown by the Dawes Bill this is a scheme for happly settling the Indians in individuals farms, Emagine a reservation belonging to some tribe and apart of the reservation is cultivated by the more progresesive Indians [[underlined]] the [[/underlined]]rest is not used except perhaps for hunting and fishing or wandering over, the whole belongs to the tribe absolutely and we promised that it shall never be taken away from them but now the Dawes Bill is passed it is said a little farm apeice is all that is nessary for the Indians it would be much better to give each of us just what we and then buy the ballance  of the land cheap. allot.  Each his land in seviality and the Indian problem is solved   

Transcription Notes:
used a few commas to clarify...AW allot = allotment