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Show Uinta Council, 49. to talk to you now why I am afraid of thisi and afraid of the White man. Long time ago we had a talk in the old school house here about allotmSnts and throwing the reservation open. Senator Rawlins was there. I am afraid Of this because the White man don't like the Indians, They don't like our flesh,- eur color. After that, Senator Rawlins went back and Judge McCennell came. I understand all about that. Judge McConnell said, "We want to lease your reservation mines, those elaterite mines", and he said,"You Indians will have lets of monej'-. I will pay you elPery three months. " The Indians had a council and said, "All right. We have a father in Washington. We will go down and see what he says about it." Charley Mack was interpreter. Tim Johnson, s©wasina, and myself, and it took us six days to go. We went into Washington in the night when th* electric lights were all bright. There was a carriage with four horses and we rode to a hotel. We went into a fine building, got fine rooms, good beds and everything nice. 5ext da;/ we said, "We want to go and see our father. They told us, "3Tou change your clothes. " They told us to go to the store and get clothes. we went there and bought what we wanted of clothes. We then went out, and they pointed out a place to us and said, "JQiat's the place'.' There was a fine big white house there. Around it there were no buildings, but there were some soldiers ©n one side and some soldiers en the other side. There was an iron fence around it, and at the gate were two Hegr© policemen with badges on. The Agent had a pass. When we went to the door these negroes stepped in front of us and the Agent gave them a paper. We went on indide. At another door were two more Negro policemen; they stopped us the same as the first two did. Then we went on inside and sat down. After a while a bell made a noise, and at one side., through a door, that opened we could hear some one walking^ -ye all lined up_ JJ6 came into the doorway |