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Show the trip Day reported that Walker and Sow- er- ette deolared they did not truat the Mormons, that the meeting plan was a plot on the part of the Uormona to murder the Indiana and 1 so they would not attend the conferenoe. Indian HQ9* lli* yt£ the Mormons. From the time of the formation of the Territory, with the consequent spread of Mormon oirilization it becomes more apparent that, in place of the early friendly relations between the Uormona and the Indians, a hostility, due to the encroachment of the Mormon settlements, had now grown up to a degree best expressed by the exolamation of old Chief Sow- er- ette to Day. Drawing himself up to his full height, he said: " Amerloan good! Mormon no good! Amerloan friend! 3 Mormon kill, steal." From this time on ocour reports in whioh Indians frequently expressed themselves emphatically against the Mormons making settlements on their lands. They sought information from the Amerloan trader and interpreter, James Bridger, whether they oould prevent such intrusion. Later, 1 House Exeoutive Documents, 35 Cong., 1 Sees., Vol. X, Doc. 71, p. 133 ( 956). 3 Ibid., p. 130 ( 956). |