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variety of duties ever demanded of me, I have recd the approbation of every Inspector and special agent visiting the agency since /78 eight in all, and several of them I number with my friends. I have also received testimonials from the three officers under whom I have servez vis special agent H. C. Bulis in 1878, Agent A. R. Reller from 1878 to Dec 31st 1881 and from H. J. Armstrong unclear agent, i nthe last annual report. I have ever bee nforemost in every work of progression. It was while I was in charge of the Indians in 1880 that they made the first attempt to farm. Fifteen of the chiefs going into the field with me and working by my side until their crops were planted. It was during that same season, that I built the first and only cabins erected by employees for the Indians. I went into the woods daily and working chopping down trees for logs, laying the same in cabin walls and doing all the different kinds of work necessary, in order that the Indians might be incouraged to labor. During this season all the office work correspondence etc performed by the agent and myself was done by my alone after a hard days work