OCR Text |
Show 115 we shall continue our efforts & do the best we can. Yours very Truly (sic) H. Kendall1''' As Critchlow's control over matters at Uintah were waning, the school was transferred to the Indian Service in 1882. The school was not very successful, and Elisha W. Davis who succeeded Critchlow as agent was of the opinion that the Utes could best be taught at Hampton Institute in Virginia or Carlisle in Pennsylvan-i ft ia. Davis seems to have been unaware the Ute children had been sent to the outside schools before with very poor results. So it was that though Critchlow had indeed founded his school, it remained for those who followed to make it a success. During his stay at Uintah, the agent had the strange and difficult task of dealing with the angry and resentful Mormon majority. At only one point in his stay, however, was he placed in a position where he had to make value judgements for the official records. As the federal policy' called for the concentration of all the Indians of Utah on the Uintah Reservation, Critchlow was attempting to do just that, and with little success. Kanosh and his group of about 125 Pahvant s were unwilling to go to Uintah. The entire band had been converted to the Mormon faith. The leaders of their church had land on Corn Creek deeded to them, so they were under no obligation to leave !7Bureau of Indian Affairs, "Letters Received, 1881-1906." Record Group 75, National Archives. (Original Manuscript). l8pavis to Price, August 10, 1884, in OIA Utah, 1884. |