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[Imprint] illustration of Native American Chief: TECUMSEH
CHIEF OF THE SHAWNEES

PACIFIC COAST DEPARTMENT
H. L. A. BATES, GENERAL AGENT 440 COMMERCIAL STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
The Shawnee Fire Insurance Co.

Of Topeka, Kansas

better one, I like our fellows better though.

Father send [sent] me a fishing outfit
about two weeks ago but I have not
been able to catch a darn thing. The
chink however goes out and catches
them all the time.

We don't want very much up here
now as the work is nearly all finished.
I am a sort of a vegetarian now, not
eating meat anymore, also I have not eaten
breakfast or lunch for the last four or five
days. I feel better without it. The swimming
up here is dandy, the water being nice and
cold and the air hot as the devil. How is
it up there hot or cold?

I hope that you have a good time
up there, skiing, skating, snowballing
etc. The mountains tops around here are