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Show 105 In both cases Critchlow's will prevailed, and his long and often detailed letters show a man of great firmness, if not sometimes downright stubbornness! The Church which recommended J. J. Critchlow, under U. S. Grant's plan, was Presbyterian, and the trading pattern carried on by Critchlow shows his preference, as his supplies were bought from the, Gentile merchants in Utah, principally from Walker Brothers. The struggle between the Mormon populace and the Federal government was to intensify during the Critchlow years, and unlike many of the non-Mormon officials of the territory, the agent seemed to be more interested in his duties than in the political advantages to be gained. The success of the Uintah Agency depended on agriculture and animal husbandry. In spite of his bitter comment about Graffam's agricultural report being "insipid," Critchlow also ran into diffi- V culties. The first was in getting the Indians to stay on the reservation and work at farming. During my absence, however, Douglas, the White River chief, with quite a number of his band, came to the agency and succeeded in persuading our Indians, who had up to that time intended to farm, to give it up and let the white men farm for the Indians, telling them*that Washington did not intend that they should work; also ridiculing those that farmed, calling them squaws, and finally succeeded, toward the latter part of April, in inducing our Indians to leave with him for a visit and council at some point south. Thus |
