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THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager.

( Copy )

New Haven, Conn., June 11, 1898.

H. T. Wells, Esq.,

Dear Sir: -

Your telegram was forwarded to me at Albany, N. Y., where I had been making a short visit, and I replied from there. I am now at home again, and have your letter of the 6th inst. about collecting more Cycads, prices, &c.

I was much disappointed in the two last lots from Blackhawk, as there was not a single first-rate specimen among them, and many of the fragments were of little value. As I telegraphed you, the prices named were altogether too high for such specimens, as the high freight makes the cost here much above their real value. Two-thirds of the price named would be high for those in the last two lots, and I should not care for more even at that price. One good Cycad is worth twenty medium pieces. I might use some first-class specimens at a fair rate, but I have about all the fragments I can use.

Let me know what you got on your last trip, and also how we can close the present Cycad account.

Department of the Interior,
U. S. INDIAN SERVICE,

Pine Ridge Agency, June 10, 1998

Mr. H. F. Wells,
Sturgis, S. D.,

Sir:

Replying to your request of yesterday, I have to inform you
that it has been decided not to hereafter grant permission to search
for fossils on this reservation except to educational institutions
and their direct representatives. Your request cannot therefore
be granted.

Copy.

New Haven, Conn., June 20, 1898.

H. F. Wells, Esq.,

Dear Sir: -

Your letter of June 15th was duly received, and I write at once in reply.

Your proposition about the Cycads is a fair one, and I enclose herewith my check for two hundred ($200) dollars to close the account. Please sign and return the enclosed receipt for the same.

If you get any more Cycads, please let me know just what you have, and where they came from, and I will consider the matter; but I am not suffering for Cycads at present. If you find any in place, especially with rock attached, containing other fossils, these would interest me.

About the pass to the Indian reservation, - I will consider the matter, and let you know later. It is possible I may come out myself in August, and, if so, I should like to look over the Protoceras beds and the Cycad belt, and also one or two other localities in the Black Hill region. If I decide to come, I will write and arrange to meet you. Please say nothing at present about my coming out.

If I do not come, I may send one of my assistants from the Museum, who could tell you what I especially want, and perhaps you could help him secure it for me.

I am sorry you did not have better luck in the Moreau country, but I hardly thought you would get much there during the short visit.

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SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS:

To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order it REPEATED;
that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the
regular rate is charged in addition. It is agreed between the sender of this message and
this Company, that said Company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the trans-
mission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of any UNREPEATED message, whether happening
by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the
same; nor for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery, of
any REPEATED message beyond fifty times the sum received for sending the same, unless
specially insured; nor in any case for delays arising from unavoidable interruption in the
working of its lines, or for errors in cipher or obscure messages. And this Company is
hereby made the agent of the sender, without liability, to forward any message over the
lines of any other Company when necessary to reach its destination.

Correctness in the transmission of messages to any point on the lines of this Company
can be INSURED by contract in writing, stating agreed amount of risk, and payment of
premium thereon at the following rates, in addition to the usual charge for repeated mes-
sages, viz.: one per cent. for any distance not exceeding 1,000 miles, and two per cent. for
any greater distance. No employee of the Company is authorized to vary the foregoing.

No responsibility regarding messages attaches to this Company until the same are pre-
sented and accepted at one of its transmitting offices; and if a message is sent to such office
by one of the Company's messengers, he acts for that purpose as the agent of the sender.

Messages will be delivered free within the established free delivery limits of the
terminal office—for delivery at a greater distance, a special charge will be made to cover
the cost of such delivery.

The Company will not be liable for damages in any case where the claim is not pre-
sented in writing, within sixty days after sending the message.

THOS. T. ECKERT, General Manager.

NORVIN GREEN, President.

THOS. T. EOKERT, General Manager.

NORVIN GREEN, President.