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Mt Idaho
saturday evening
Oct 17^th/85

Kate dear Sister
Willie Knox told me today that Robert Williams was up a little while thursday – Did he come to my house? I did not see him and I wanted to see him so much – Willie says he took down my letter to you & Dr Es.
I had a note last night from the Indian Commissioner. I will copy for you.

"Dept of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs.
Washington
Oct. 1^st 1885
Miss S.L. McBeth
Kamiah Idaho

Dear Madam
Accept my thanks for your card with accompanying photograph of an Indian family rescued from heathenism. I am much interested in the faces and your account of the history of James Hayes. Such photographs are always matters of interest to the Bureau which is working for Indian civilization.
Respectfully yours,

P.D. C. Atkins"

The note did me good. So I send it to you. Still it does not alter anything in Dr Ellinwoods letter that still stands the same to us. Only if I was you I would not distribute or throw away things as if it were ‘decided’ you were never coming back to Kamiah – or give the people a thought that [illegible] the change is for longer than this winter – God knows the future – We do not –

I have had no word yet - to make me change what I wrote you about my things. I still want what I wrote for, even for this winter – It is cheaper to send for them then to buy new.

I am so sorry I did not see Robert – you can tell him that Miss M^cB had a ‘himiyunpils’ letter from Washington ~~about some of~~ That is all. Don’t say anything about James & Fannies photo – I have sent Roberts, & intended (D.V.) to send them all – I have not said a word to the Ind Com about Charlie, or anything of the trouble – Only let the photos talk. I will write whenever I have a chance. And do you write by every chance. Tell Harry to be sure R come to see me when he comes to Mt I and tell every one of my scholars to come to see me soon and I will (DV) [illegible] them all. They only need to bring [illegible] The houses are here.
Sue

Write to me everything I get very tilapits for my Kamiak [illegible] tho the Mt I. people are very kind. Kate, Mary Scott would like to have your reciept (new) for bread making – if you have time to write it – write it out plainly.