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           Omaha Mission,Nebraska,June 5th.,1879

[[hand corrected]] Mr [[end correction]] T. H. Tibbles, of Omaha City, is about visiting the East on one of the most important missions to which the attention of statesmen and the Christian community has been called for many years. 
   I alluded to the present status and future prospects of the Indians, whose wrongs and sufferings are beyond the conception of those who have not examined this subject.
   I know not when I heard any thing that so enlisted my sympathies and commanded the approval of my judgment, as when I heard of his securing a write of h a b e a s  c o r p u s in behalf of a few Ponkas who were fleeing from death to their old home,from which they had been driven by the authority of the United States.
   So far he has been successful in behalf of humanity and law; but the [[strikethrough]] is only begun [[/strikethrough]] work is only begun.
Let every friend of human rights and suffering humanity give him their support in this benevolent work.
   He stands high where he is known,and is worthy of all confidence 
   Forty years' experience of Indian wrongs,and patience under wrongs endured, satisfies me that he has struck a chord and plan that must eventually result in the salvation of the Indians, and an end of Indian wars.
                Wm Hamilton
           Pres Missionary to the Omahas

   The undersigned,who was missionary to the Ponkas from 1871 to 1873, concurs in what has been expressed above by the missionary to the Omahas.
                       J. Owen Dorsey
               a Presbyter of the Diocese of Nebraska,                  Protestant Episcopal Church

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