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there is not an interpreter that can be relied on; and no 

 treaty or delicate mission should ever be undertaken 

 without several interpreters, who, moreover, should be 

 required to give each his interpretation out of hearing 

 of the others. There are in the United States about 

 100 Indian reservations and agencies, at each of which 

 there is an average of about ten of these squaw men. 

 The effect on the Indian of a thousand of such ' Mis- 

 sionaries ' as these miserable outcasts may be imagined. 

 A thousand ruffians with their half-bred children are fed 

 and fostered by the Government. They are an injury 

 to the country, a detriment to the Indian, and should be 

 abolished. 



