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VI

State of on the part of citizens to the Freedmen and the Bureau, also views [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] and suggestions of the Superintendent

There is no change to note in the feeling of citizens toward the Bureau and freedmen - The following is an extract from the report of James Ware Supt. of the Counties of Bradley, Polk and McMinn. "Everything in connection with the operations of the Bureau is about the same as in the month of November.

The citizens in some portions of my district are treating the freedmen kindly, in other portions, not as well; but considering the great anamosity that has existed against them heretofore, I think they are progressing finely. They have but little to say about the Bureau, having become reconciled to that in like manner as they have with the various civil offices of the state, and looking upon it as a part and parcel of the institutions of the country, treat it the same. The School located in this county is getting along finely, having increased since my last report from Sixty five to Eighty four