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MUSEUM MUSINGS – Letters from history No. 72

 HON. E. A. HAYT, 

Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. 

 White River Agency, Colorado 

August 11, 1879 

Sir: I think a statement as to our crop prospects will be acceptable. 

We are now cutting the 20 acres of wheat, the quality is good and the yield will be about 150, possibly 200 bushels. In addition, Indians have several pieces, say 3 acres.  We have 4 acres of fair corn, the rest was destroyed by young…