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Show 7& The missionaries are described as " rude and law-leas young men," but the agent does not wish to arouse hostilities against the Mormons, for they " thrive by persecution." " It is possible," he continued " that many of them are loyal in their feelings to the United States, but perhaps this cannot be said of their leaders." He urges that the conduct of the Mormon missionaries be sub^ c^. dJo__ the_ jLtxictast jecrutiny, and that the 13th & ltyth sections of the " Act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontier," be properly enforced. In a postscript he adds that he could only get an int^ rgrejter^ by JjBpl£ r4njjj? erjii^ i_ Qn, of Young, for all were being used by the missionaries. " I never saw any people in my life so completely under the influence 1 of one man." The intercourse act of 1& JH- to which Dr, Hurt alluded and which has been summarized in Chapter IV, provides, section 13, " that if any citizen or other person, residing 1 United States Statutes at Large, 33 Cong., 1 Sees., ch. 16; Act of June 30, 183^. Indian Affairs Report, 1857. |