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in the field. This is very hard, unmanly treat-
ment of the only man on the Reservation that
does anything or seems to know what they have
any duty to perform. It is held to be the duty of
the Supervisor to feed the Indians. This feeding
consists in giving the Indians their daily
ration, which is from two to three ears of corn
to each Indian, big and little. All this can
be accomplished in one hour or less.

If prompt and vigorous measures
are not at once taken to stop this dangerous
and wicked triffling on the part of the Super
visor, very little if any crop will be harvested
this year; and the consequences are easily
foretold. The pangs of hunger will make the
Indians desperate and dangerous; a bloody
conflict will ensue, resulting of course in
the extermination of the poor beings seeking
to satisfy an empty stomach.

Round Valley is better
adapted by location, soil, and extent for a
large Indean Reservation, than any place
I have ever seen in California. To enter
the valley from any direction it is necess
ary to cross high mountains and Eel River,
and at the present season this stream is