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Show . ' r 4a not know Just what I am going to say, but I am going ^tt&tor a long time to you. About what these Indians have said It i» right that they have turned this money into the hands of the Government. This "big money" is not for me; it does not belong to the Indians. Now I will say something else. Eow is It? There is some thing wrong; what is the matter. Thara is the boundary line on that ridge at th9 top of the mountains; it goes all the way around; and the streams belong to the Indians and all the water in th9m. There nu3t 09 some paper here somewhere that tails about these things, but maybe it is lost, and so the land is lost. These big measurements were for the Indians, and all tha animals and game wars theirs. Tha Indians used to go out hunting for two month3 at a time, and now that is all gone. That has bean lost. Whose fault is this? Evsry-thing has been lost from the way it used to be. Some big men must have thrown it away. I think Major Mo Laughlin threw it away. Ha was the big man and he has ohang9d these things. Major Uo Laughlin has beat the Government about these things. You see those books over there. (Pointing to law books in the aganoy filsa.) They are what have lost these things to the Indians. This offioe hers ia for good and not to do anything wrong. It is here for the olerks to do what i3 right and not to do anything that is wrong. I will no* talk on another subjeot. There are a great many signs and names on these oedar posts (allotment oornars) all over the reservation. The White Riv9r Indians said "our names shall not |