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94 lost most of their horses by the flies in that country and that the Pawnees are dying off fast from sickness. Two of the chiefs went to Washington I suppose to make a treaty. The Omaha, those here, are alarmed lest this country be taken from them in like manner. I can see no good to result from removing the Indians down there. This hard knot I think could be untied by putting them under the civil law, and abolishing the hereditary Chiefship. As far as I can judge, they only help to defend their tribe; have no influence for good,