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Show ^ i - | . - T ^ - ' - ' ™ J " " 1 • " - " • " r-i-ini . . s3AiH3tfV ivwmvN 3H1 iv asonaoaaau 7: -. . •:. s\- • • • • ' • • a u t h o r i t i e s ; that the water could be saved only by cooperation in a l l things; that he expected the Indians to cooperate with him in the suppression of gambling and drinking. He spoke along t h i s line for possibly an hour or an hour and a half. At the oonclusion, Redcap again spoke, f r o ^ M s plaoe Ih the assemblage,.:; saying _;*hat the water belonged to the Indians and the land belonged to them,' and these things oould never be l o s t ; that this talk of losing the water was foolish. The Indians were advised that i t was a l l right possibly, for an old man who was passing into his second childhood to t a l k t h i s way, but the young knew that a l l that had been spoken by the Superintendent was true; and i ts denial by Red Cap or any one leso did not affeot the facts in the l e a s t . The old man replied "I have listened to what you have said and i t k i l l s me. This meeting i s now adjourned" I t is time for everyone to go home." He s t a r t ed for the door but when he reached i t , he peroeived that he was going p r a c t i c a l l y alone, he turned about and returned to his place. Possibly a score of men spoke, and almost without exception they endorsed what had been said by the Superin- - 3 - |
