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has ever since his appointment as
supervisor discharged the duties of
both Supervisor & Physician for the
salary of Supervisor alone & who would
be willing to continue to serve in both
capacities as Agent & Phys, for the
salary alone allowed the agent,
As you will [illegible] be informed
by late Agent Steele, Dr. Melendy has
as Supervisor raised more than double
the quantity of produce on the reservation
since his appointment than ^the total amount
produced by his predecessor Short, Add
to all this his [esternable?] wife as a [colaboree?]
in the Indian Service has [proved?] of
much importance - & there being no
apointment [appointment] or provisions for a Physician
it seems to me quite important to
[retain?] Dr Wm. P. Melendy as Agt. & Phys.
I have said this much wholy [wholly] unknown
to the Dr. & wholy [wholly] unsolicited - that you
may go in person & see the President
who I know will do what he thinks to
be his duty "Tho' the Heavens fall."

I have the honor to be yr
obt sevt.
Geo. M. Hanson