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out & I accepted the office -- he was much offended & the Indians have laughed heartily at him -- As I intended no harm, he must take the [will?] for the deed. The friends of the girl who had been disgraced declare her innocence -- The legend of the maiden's rock is connected with this custom - of a rejected lover maliciously [ERASURES/CORRECTIONS illegible "was courted"] dragged [illegible] a Sioux maiden from the virgin feast. The false accusation stung her to despair & she threw herself from the rock. [CHANGE OF INK] This is an unusually rainy season & we are almost daily visited by storms of wind & rain, the severest