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Show < s 1 .7. friends and the latter their enemy. . In January 1853^ JDay_^ lef$_- Stab giving as his reasan the public and private abuse of the government of the United States and of its officials by the Mpneons. The 8 -"' office he held was abolished. Agent Holeoan, after six months, overwhelmed by the responsibilities under whioh he labored practically single- handed, wau almost amoved to give up. He wrote to the department: " I have no idea, with Governor Young at the head of the Indian department, that I shall be able to do anything that oan be of servioe to the government, 3 or to the Indians, or creditable to myself.* There is no doubt as to Holetnan's desire to aohieve results. He saw great opportunities as well as difficulties in his position, studiously refraining from meddling in religious, political, or any other strictly Mormon affairs. Undoubtedly the ambition to win the Indians by kindness, • the best sode,* held hla to his post in spite of many discouragements, for he did not give up at this tiae, after all. 1 House Exeoutive Documents, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., Vol. X, Doc. 3, p. 137 ( 956). a Ibid., p. 171 ( 956). 3 Ibid., p. 152 ( 956). |
