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Mr Fairbanks encouraged them to believe
that the Gov would never disturb them
and had his report to the Gov been
adopted it would have been in my
opinion a fortunate circumstance for
all the parties concerned _ The last
and only hope the people cling to [?under]
[[illegible]] is Your influence within the Gov.

[Could] [not] the Gov. through You
even now be induced to adopt Mr. Fairbanks'
report in order to save these poor people
from [distress] in its worst phase could
not the Gov, be [?enduced] to [enter] [into]] a
compromise with them in [substance]
[Something] like the the report already referred
to you [know] the Gov. have been [stigmatized]
by their Enemies as any thing and every thing
and that they are even [impervious] to [illegible]
the better [feelings] of [Humanity] here then
is an opportunity for them to cast into
the chasm this most [foul] calamity

The Indian reserve at Middle River
has too long been a [?blank] in the [?neibourhood]
a loss to the County and a loss to the province
and a perfect nest for marauders While the
Gov, no doubt with the best intentions
protects them