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Show 145 reservation. Critchlow expected a great amount of support and patience from the Federal officials. He received little of either. After a number of complaints had been received in Washington, an inspection was called for and Critchlow readily agreed to one. An Inspector of the Bureau named J. W. Pollock came to Uintah in July, 1882. Pollock was not very impressed by what he saw, and criticized the handling of a great number of things atthat location. He. wrote a recommendation that Mr. Critchlow be relieved, as his disposition was too abrasive to get along with people, and that he was too old and infirm to carry on in so strenuous a position. 1^ 7 Critchlow's last report is one filled with uncharacteristic observations, such as, "The last year has been one of peculiar anxiety and trials, both for the Indians and the agent;" [as to the school] "I am somewaht at a loss to know what to say on this subject." For the Indian police, "This force has not been as efficient as formerly."1x 3 His report was more blunt in several places, for he saw his years of diligence disintegrating: Whilst the advent of the White River Utes did not produce any serious trouble, yet from the fact that many of them remained off the reserve, and at times manifested bad temper and insubordination, 12J. W. Pollock to Commissioner, August, 1882, in Record Group 75, Central Correspondence Files, National Archives. 13critchlow to Commissioner, September 1, 1882, in RCIA, 1882, p. 210. |