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40 many of them to his house & they furnish studies crossed out - of character for thought & pencil which I should lose in more comfortable quarters. A letter from Governor Ramsey introduced me to Mr Nath.l MLane, the Indian agent at this post, a brother of Judge MLane of Ohio - He is a very kind & clever old gentleman, hospitable & communicative, & his house, to which he has given me a general invitation, (endorsed by a special one to dinner, (the proper style) is rendered specially agreeable by the presence of his pretty black-eyed & healthy complexioned daughter who inherits many of her father's attractive qualities - After the deprivation of ladies' society for some time one discovers it's value as a portion of the sum of our habitual enjoyment, - & after gazing