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totally unarmed, and being well informed of the power of this government of fifty millions of White people, they are in constant fear for their lives, and this fear has increased since one of their leading men, Big Snake, was murdered by the orders of Agent Whiteman.  The present Agent has a very large force of White employees, well supplied with breech loading carbines, and the tribe is thoroughly subdued and fear to do anything but obey the agent's orders.  Doubtless from time to time some will slip away as they have opportunity, but I am