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Show D E P A X T M E M T O F T H E I N T E R 1 O R. . W A r3 H i M « T o N . July 22 - 19 0.2 » r/. •(. /i x^7.-/// (- W\ Tho Commissioner of Indian Affairs, y' Sir:'- I am in receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo, transmitting for the consideration of the Department letters from the agent of tha Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah, dated June 11, 1G94, June 1, 1897, February 3, 1898, and February 26 and May 24, 1902, all in regard to tha applications of Alma, Betsy, Edward and Franklin Hurdock for recognition and enrolment at said agency as members of the Uintah band of Ute Indians, From tho papers submitted it appears that on July 11, 1894, the agent forwarded application of Edward and Franklin Mur-dock for enrolmant, and stated that investigation showed that their mother, who died in 1888, was captured by the Mormons; that sh3 lived with one Joseph Murdock, by whom she became the mother of the applicants; that at a council of the Indians, held June 8, 1894, the Uintahs signified their willingness for the enrolment of Edward and Franklin, but that tha v/hlte "Rivers cpposad it; and that he did not think it would ba of advantage to the Indians to have the applicants enrolled, for tho reason that they would pool their interests with their half-brothers - .vhito men-and graze cattlo on the reservation, .Edward and Franklin Murdock, (in 1894,)stata that thay aro 22 and 18 yoars of age, respectively; that they are the children |