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Show WALLACE CALDER COUNTY ATTORNEY. UINTAH COUNTY VERNAL. UTAH Senator 3moot 3 given 3ufficisr.t if they would not allow *;hs la2y able-bodici membsra of ths tribe to live off tho3e that are entitled to provisions. 0 - • • .''-.•;.: Sevsral • prominent citizens have appearsd in behalf of .the' Indians, and state-that they ars really in a serious condition and need help. Soms of. thsm-say .that the policy of teaching ths Indians to work i3 being carried to an sxcess, and that it is resulting in suffering rathsr tham in education. To corns directly to ths point on which ths county baa a right to 3peak, these Indians have asksd the oountv for help to kssp thea from 3tarving; prominent citizens who are acquainted"with conditions among ths Indians urge that it is ths duty of ths county to rsaoond if the government cannot give immediate relief. The commissioners take ths position that in visw of the appropriations mads la3t Juns the Indian department should bs in a position to give ths immediate aid d»3ir;d. Our poor fund i3 not now sufficient to propsrly take care of the whits3,,and ws would therefore urge that if the best interests of. the Indians would be 3ervsd by giving them mors soippliss or mors money such aid should cone through the Indian division of the v Intsrior Dspartmsnt. : Till you plsaae take the matter up with the proper author it is 3, and 1st us know the results at your earliest convenience? Vary respectfully, FyF/ptyysFryiyf^ - ^_ - : - • ;r, 'R: '•''•'/ ,„0 • • ; • ; •• • : 00 .. ..- •• y< '•• 3 - .. .. . -.< • " ' .. |