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[Indians - Choctaw Nation] "Good Water, Oct. 3d, 1846", dateline on folded letter to Whately Mass., letter entered mails with "Fort Towson, Ark. Oct 12" cds and manuscript "10" rating, the letter is from Catherine M. Belden, a teacher at a Choctaw Indian school with interesting content: "It is said that a teacher is coming to establish a boy's school at Mountain Fork, who is I think to be supported by those for whom he labors. The company expect to start the middle of Oct…A great change is going on at Spencer…a new Superintendent, Rev. Mr. Ramsay and a new principal, Mr. Stark…the institution is deeply in debt…Last Winter was a season of intense interest…The gospels have been published in one volume in Choctaw…my services as a teacher have been highly appreciated as I could wish; the Choctaws have uniformly been kind & curteous to me; it is not a week since one of our neighbors took a horse out of the plough for me to be gone two days…"; some stains, small paper loss on one sheet, Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $280