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Show Uinta- Council, 69. dane for. We are afraid of the Mormon people. They do not 1 like the Indians, If an Indian goes into a Morman's pasture for his horses, the Mormon would kill him. That's the reason they, are afraid. This opening business is the same v-ay. The Indians will have a farm near a White Man's, If the Indian tries to get water for his farrj, some White Man will stop this, and maybe take a shovel and strike him on the head. There will be a lot of drawbacks, Hany of these young men here, cannot talk English. There will be disagreements and quarrels all the time. Now, when you go back there you can tell those poople in Washington that I am n*t mad. I do not want anyone to do me up. do not understand why Congress came to this. How was it? These Congressmen must have been secared by some rich man. They may be afraid of the people who elect them^ that if they did not pass it they would not be elected to Congress again. That's why I am afraid to change my mind, I cannot, because I do not understand why it was passed so soon, I want it the same old way and keep the reservation just as it has been. Tim Johnson: These White Men who have farms on the bench take too much water for their grass. If many White men come in here they will hold all the water and make the Indians pay for hhJat they want. These Indians will gain nothing by letting thair land go. You will not listen to the Indians. You are getting a lot of money, you are getting paid for this. Ofcer in Heber City they have a tuaael and they are stealing water from the reservation. The fishes in the streams, the White men will steal them from us. They coae over and kill the fish with dynamite. You talked to me before in this house. You told me to put ay children in school. You said then, "The White Men will not bother you about your land at all." Now it is changed. You said,"If any White Man comes here about your land don't you listen to him," Where have you thrown that talk now? You were there whan this law wa3 passed |