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Show .-4- I He siad what it was, but we could not understand. INSPECTOR NESLER: Did you hear the lease read-did the Agent or Mr. Henderson read it? DAVID C0PPERF1ELD: .IF, never read it to me--we just sign the paper. INSPECTOR NESLER: How many Indians were present at that time? DAVID COPPERFIELD: Mor* than are here now. INSPECTOR NESLER: Was Taboy here? and did he speak? DAVID COPPERFlELD: Tabby was here and was ill favor of the lease. INSPECTOR NESLER: I want to find out whether the head men and chief-were present, and in favor of the lease. DAVID COPPERFIELD: The head men were in favor of the lease, and Tabby was. • - INSPECTOR NESLER; What head men were here-Men who are usually con-suited inatnatters of this kind? , .7 A- . 'A, .; DAVID co.ppf-RFlEI-D:' All these head men were here when the lease was made. (Meaning those now present.) ,- INSPECTOR NESLER*. I want to ask;whether they took a vote-held up •A:". ,i '. ,- . „' '•'.-.. i ; a ,\ their,;handsX or 'stoodj^p, Sqjr1 vcited , irv any other- way? 7'X ' ''x 7 7iX-'7-7fe:x'7|K AAAm ' ! 1" V^DAVID: q.a?PH!PvFl^lfi.:. : Did not doauythiii^ of that kind . Most of the head men were in, favor Vf Uie1 lease »Ta!bby was in favor of it, and - y'Afxyx. fm ; I ' 'X: ':' ' '- ,; . " we thought it was all right. Kveryflody listened"'to him,, and then signed the paper. (Meaning the lease.) ,- . . . X-w After that was done I wanted to go to Washington. I wanted to f i._d out whether these men told the truth or not. After all this talk 1 wanted to go to Washington. I wanted to see whether it was all straight or uot. The Indians picked out men to go to Washington. (Interruption by Agent ivfyton: Who picked them out?) The AZt siad for me not to go. AGENT MYTON:1 want to ask if David remembers that 1 read a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, stating that these men had authority to come hero* DAV1B OOftmnKW: 1 don't remember. (Remark by Nephi: Yes, he d-d. |
