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Show 144 to consumate the agreement. The Uintah Utes were aggrieved at not being consulted and compensated for the White River Utes being brought to Uintah. It has required great care in the management of this matter to prevent serious trouble. Agent Critchlow had rendered assistance in everything required by the commission. All things considered, I am satisfied with the results. True, a majority of the White River Utes returned to Colorado, with their families, because of the government's failure to supply them with annuity goods and partly on account of their attachment to their old homes. If they are not molested and driven' to war by misunderstandings with white men, I feel safe in saying that all, or nearly all, of them will within the next year locate permanently at Uintah, the exceptions being Colorow and one or two of the others.11 After an examination of the Uintah Reservation, Meacham pronounced it suitable for both the Uintahs and White Rivers and made a plea that they be consolidated into one people. Although his suggestion was never followed, the failure to incorporate has been productive of many complications, especially after the Uncompahgres were also placed under a unified agency with them. It was soon apparent that there could be little peace between the stern and determined Critchlow and the White Rivers. From soon after their arrival, the complaints against Agent Critchlow began. The complaints came from Indian and white alike. A stream of correspondence went from residents of Colorado and Wyoming that the Agent was not keeping the Indians on their 11 Report of the Ute Commission, 1881, pp. 331-332, |