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Since you have already divided your colony into four villages, the settleer than any of yours It will be a far more difficult assiest a federation of two colonies rather than incorporating them in your colony Or, if you prefer, a federation of five cities, though having the new colonists outnumbered four-to-one in such a federation will cause its own tensions

If you tell me not to send the pattern, even putting most of the crew in stasis, until one of the planets we're terrafor is ready for them

But if anyone can adapt to this situation, and induce his colony to accept the newcomers, it is you

I a bios and manifest

--Hyrum

From: Gov[email protected]

To: [email protected]

Subj: Re: Unexpected colonists

Dear Hyrum,

We'll find a site for them and have habitations prepared when they arrive We will put they and fariven us a year's notice, we'll have time to plant fields and orchards for theenetically altered Earth crops The people of Shakespeare voted on this and are e the project with enthusiasm I will leave shortly to choose an appropriate site

--Andrew

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His father, Ix, was proud of his son, and so Abra was proud of hirownup tasks He waswith Uncle Sel to find the gold bugs; but he was sent to help rig the low trolley that people rode into and out of the cave, and on which food was taken to the colony of bugs, and gold carcasses removed