McMaster's letter concerning the bands for collecting for the Indian Mission have placed him under obligation. The Catholic Indian Bureau there has been ignored but McMaster's success has allayed that. He hopes that every Catholic newspaper will follow that action by also organizing bands, and that all will apply for an assignment to Father John B. A. Brouillet, Treasurer and Director of the Catholic Indian Bureau, since he knows the needs of all. Your comparison of General Sherman with Sitting Bull has caused much comment. Mrs. Ellen Sherman is doing her best to organize bands to aid the Indians and to counteract her husband's policy. She deserves praise. Father Brouillet says she is going to devote the remainder of her days to the elevation of the Indian. Laughran has refused to pay any political tax in his office and so has been pointed out by the clerks of the Pension Office as an enemy of Ceasar. The political assessor has not yet issued his decree and is hunting for an 85th vote. If he does not get it, Laughran expects, with the help of friends, to be Chief Clerk of the Indian Bureau about the coming March 4th. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.