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to let her mother have" grub' and she would pay for
it when she got back - -

I wish you were on this trip - you could probably
have got her to talk of anything everything - I have discovered
that she does not talk to more than one person
at a time with any freedom -more people - even if
she knows them all, seems to confuse her - where
we made a mistake in Seattle is that you did
not try talking to her alone - I'm sure she would
have given you any information you sought.
She has told me a number of times that all
the "boys" were good to her - and a number of times
she has spoken of Maurer as a good rustler -
and hunter - "if they were all like him" or they
had had native men hunters they would have
had more grub. - These letters to you are the
only notes I am making in detail - I come in
as soon as I talk to her and write you the
important - or interesting things. People on
the boat who know about her - five or six of them
are kind to her and the little boy is so cunning that

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