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Show T-IMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COJRT, O Ar SALT I A K E CITY -Second Mondays in April Tand November. A T OGDEN-Second Mondays in March and September. 1.0.2 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. OFFICE OF UNITED STATES MARSHAL, DISTRICT OF UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY. unwarranted invasion of their personal liberty,so long as they violate no law of the United States or the State.and a right the Department of Agent assumes 'that they have never surrendered by treaty or otherwise;and, though the white man may think the ceremony of the "Sun. Dance"is useless or detrimental, it is their ceremony as much as many actions of the whiteman and which they recite are the whiteman's ceremonies. After conference with many citizens whose acquaintance with these Indians is of long duration,and whose integrity is un -questioned.many Indians, and the Agentjmy own observations lead me to conclude that theAEndians,at least many of them,are dissat -isfied v/ith the programed the Indian Department as expressed through the Agent,and have taken the "Sun Dance" and their insistence "to indulge in the same^over the protests of the department and Agent,as a means of voicing their protests against some of, the details of adninistrati on„which the department, through the Agent,is trying to work out. The A.gent who appears to me to be a very energetic and conservative official.beleives that the best Indians,and a majority over all,are supporters of his and are in harmony with his ideasjbut 1 am forced to the opiniom that in this he is mistaken;and I could recite many circumstances and conversations which I think are withheld from the Agent,but such recitals would burden this communication and probably would net be considered, competent. However ,if the conditions on the Uintah should seem of sufficient importance,,I would suggest that the an investigation which the time I spent on the wholly inadequate to afford. Por my expenses for the trip to Vernal D e par teen t make reservation was see attached sheet and will you please get the proper authorixati'onfor payment. PTespectfully, y> fyUfc^ Mi ted States Marshal. |