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Exhibit 14(b)
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the use in the Combined Proxy/Registration Statement on Form
N-14 of the Brenton Funds/Wells Fargo Funds relating to the financial statements
of: Brenton Value Equity Fund, Intermediate U.S. Government Securities Fund, and
U.S. Government Money Market Fund on Form N-14, of our report dated May 8, 2000,
incorporated by reference in the Combined Proxy/Registration Statement, and to
the reference to us under the heading "Principal Service Providers" in Part A of
such Combined Proxy/Registration Statement.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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Columbus, OH
January 5, 2001
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