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beans, peas &c. I look upon the fishery as more than a compensation for the lack of the cereals, as they cannot be raised here to profit.

I am entirely satisfied, that from the meager means I have had with which to fish the present season, that with proper means for the same, an abundance of fish can always be had for Indian food, and only
a few hundred dollars are necessary to put this business
[illegible] to [illegible] to remove what is here
[illegible] interior, or [rice?] [illegible] because
the [illegible] made of life of the "Coast Indian" is
as different from the Indian of the interior, as the country.
and that [illegible] about as different as Maine is from Georgia, and
besides the predicament [illegible] to any [illegible] change,
They [illeigble] like to [illegible] the neighborhood where they
have [illegible] mingle with tribes they know
nothing [illegible] language, habits nor
mode of life.

For these and other reasons I should advise Mr
Hanson (he has advised with me on the subject before) not
to merge, nor to work for the abandoment of the Mendocino Reservation.

With great respect I sincere very
respectfully your obedient servant
Wm. H. McGrew
Supervisor Men Res