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and the design of the government humane and
practical, such works will add mostly to the
fulfilment of its designed objects, and surely these pay
is on such a [illegible] scale as to allow some of
their leisure time to the execution of the work.

Even if the manuscripts are not provided
they will be of incalculable value in the library
of the Bureau for reference by future or present
students - (and officesr of the Govt. -) of native American
history and of the science of language. They will
be an honorable monument to the character
of the Bureau, and of the Commissioner who
should initiate and perfect so simple, inexpensive and
useful a system of the literature of these celebrated
Indian tribes and which will be sure of permanent
appreciation ever afterwards in the literary world.
The blank forms of 1500 words, with these papers of
grammatical examples, and a few leaves for
historical notes are [illegible] not to make a quarts
pamphlet of over 100 pages and the cost of each
one not over a dollar; they can easily be filled up
in a week or two, except the historical quotes.

I am happy to inform you of the contained receipt
of news of the most favorable character of the new
gold fields of the Salado, San Francisco and others