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guard me, in the most unmeasured terms.  At the state line I was released with orders that if I ever came back, I would be much more roughly handled.

In conclusion I would say that the present condition of the Ponca Indians is deplorable in the extreme.  They live in constant dread and fear.  They are as much imprisoned as if they were in a penitentiary and yet they have never committed any crime.  The action of the Secretary of the Interior is a direct