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Show %fl -2- Hany of the Indians have ocoupied those houses-continuously since they wore built nnd are trying to keep tho?1! in repair, but there aro also very many of thorn whioh havo b^on aban-doned from^never having been completed and the Indians are, A . .Is , many of them/living in tents and teepees. $ In my opinion, a prerequisite to the suooossf.il farming of the allotment of an Indian and to successful health work in hlB frj/iily. Is tho rooting of that Indian to his allotment by means of a satisfactory sot ".of improve-ments and such equipment as will m-ike life there' possible ' to him. Hot only rulist. those improvements make life possible thore but they must mako Ibis allotment the most pleasant ~? i place in v/hioh he has the opportunity of living, ;eloo ho will not remain there.- In so eq.iipping these Indians, one • i'V, is oonfrontod with the fact that only a very few 6f them have .adequate funds even if their co-operation oan be scoured. However, fchore are a dozen or more fnmilieb of the no Indians who would havo sufficient funds ando6ne of the first plans devised upon my arrival tn*a to mako Such an expenditure of thoir itajida onA got thorn t>*roporly housod ' and equipped on their allotments* • F f As the offioe is tell awaiSe • NuiliUng material oan hardly bo imported into this oontry frott the railroad, • ;.'•'. . tho freight rates and tho oost of wagon transportation' o ;..! for tho very long distance bolng prohibitive. It |.o thoro- |