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 Diary of Rev. George Gary 93 Forty tame horn cattle Sundry lot of wild cattle, supposed to be _*' i *l 1. ln^n ivi nn $790.00 about one hundred, more or less in sale, However, they are wild as deer. 221 cattle in a barn near the school at $400.00 $10.00 per head 5 Cattle Horses ) 5 old Horses ) 30 mares and colts ) 7 yearling colts ) 12 three and four year old colts ) $2210.00 $835.00 Total $4235.00 To be paid in seven annual payments with annual interest at six per cent, secured by mortgage on the prop- erty. In all my sales I am trying to make my debts secure, but in the very fluctuating state of things here some of these debts made have to be poor, but I guard at this point all I can. Mr Campbell has a fair standing in credit, as far as I am able to learn, yet, if I mistake not he is such a man as I should have to watch if I did much business with him, though they all speak of him as though Rev. J. Lee had more than ordinary confidence in him. We have made arrangements where nearly all the Indian scholars will be as well off in families as they would be in school until they die or run away. This provision for these children is a great relief to my mind. We give them some clothes and the older ones various other articles, as tokens of good will and to encourage them in the way they should go. After making these arrangements, return at evening to Doc. Babcock's with great relief to my mind, or with some satisfaction as though our visit to Oregon was not in vain. If I am not mistaken in what ought to be done here, it is high time to have it done, and a year's delay would sink from seven to ten thousand dollars without any probable benefit. I feel as though I was never serving the church to greater benefit than in my visit to this Mission, though I foresee most of the secular members of the Mission will be crossed in their feelings, as I approach and remodel the