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Presents of goods on provisions will not be given by the Superintendents or agents to roving Indians, or Indians in hostility to the Government, but when they come in and locate upon reservations with a view of becoming friendly to the government, and cultivating the arts and habits of civilized life; every assistance practicable, in the way of clothing, provisions, and agricultural implements, will be given to them. Very Respectfully, Your obedient servant, /Signed/ E.S. Parker Commissioner

Indians Department of the Interior Washington, D.C. June 20"1871. Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 19"unclear expressing, Your views of General Sherman's suggestions, relative to depredations and murders by Indians of the Kiowa and Comanche reservation. Your directions to Superintendent Hoag to instruct Agent Tatum to issue supplies only to those Indians of his agency