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with a sufficient elasticity of conscience to prove anything, so that attempted convictions under our State statutes, though the case may be clear, are always unsuccessful and generally followed by a malignant prosecution of the informer.

Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Servant,
Austin Wiley
Supt Indian Affairs.

Hon. Wm. P. Dole
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Washington, D.C.