Nov 22, 1883 Rev James H Wilbur  Walla Walla My Dear Brother  I mail you   per next mail    the result of what I trust may prove the last examination of your accts preparatory to settlement   I think you could have settled just as well without paying Chas Carter a cent, but perhaps it is as well to have some one there to look after the matter   There is but one thing   as I  think you will agree with me after looking over the answers, and accompanying papers   that is at all likely to make trouble    that is voucher 40 payment to C B Stone    I have carefully looked over the invoices and can make (as you will see by the statement)  only 421, or possibly 428 packages   I  have written to Mr Stone, asking him to send   
        to send to you at Walla Walla the data on which he made his bill   also to send a certified statement   or affidavit   that his measurement was correct   I have  also written a statement (enclosed) of the circumstances attending the receipt of the freight, which if you think proper, had better be sent to Carter   I think I would send all the papers to Carter, as  he is attending to the business for you.  I have done the best I could, and I have no doubt but the answers will remove all the suspensions except in the case indicated.   Possibly in that also if Stone will send you his affidavit    You will want to sign the answers and make the affidavit besides   Please look over all the papers   I had a great mind to write you that your personal assistance was necessary, in order that we might get a visit from you   but I think it best for you not to come here now   I suppose  
        you heard of the visit of Special Agt. Beede in September. I felt sorry for Gen Milroy    who is doing as well as he knows how    to hear all the leading Indians say they did not think they could ever live under him as Agent, on account of his hasty temper,. and his ignorance of Affairs.  We have had an addition to the boarding house under way since August   it is about  the size of the dining room you built in  1881   it has now cost in cash over  2000 (I think) besides any amount paid in goods    and will not be finished this winter. Lovelace is engineering it, and evidently intends to make a winter job. He got all the Indians at the Steam Mill last Summer to quit work telling them he would be   if he was in their place if he would work for the pay they had agreed for   the General sent the Police  after them, and they told him Lovelace told them to quit   Ever since he has acted as if he wanted to make the work cost as  
        much as possible   The Saw Mill and this new building has cost enormously    I think three and four times what we used to pay. The General has been saying ever since last August, that he was going to discharge Lovelace, and even sent for Capt Hedges (who has been here since the middle of September), to take his place, but whether he has made some private arangement with him, or fears him, I do not know   any how he still keeps two Carpenters, which I think will cost him something out of his own pocket   It will be a tight squeeze to raise funds for the Employees this quarter    indeed, as I have told the Gen. a hundred times, he will have a deficiency unless he discharges some one very soon   I wish I could get away   I know there must be a smash up, but the Gen makes so much fuss when I speak of leaving, that I have not the heart to go   He has been very kind to  us   and to all employees   My wife is now     over  
        Matron of the School, and if I do say it, has so far done splendidly   We are trying to lead some of the children to Jesus, but outside influences are hard to contend with   I suppose you know that my salary as clerk has been raised (without solicitation on my part) to  1200 per year, so that we both get now  1800 per year   Geo Waters is doing the best he can to teach the people the    way of Life    and I think is having some success    Some of the school boys have promised to try and live Christians. My wife joins  in best regards and best wishes and love for Sister Wilber and yourself  Very Truly Yours   JH Fairchild