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We, the undersigned, adult male Indians of the Uintah and White River Utes of the Uintah Reservation, in the Stats of Utah, in consideration of the provisions of the Indian Appropriation Act of hay twenty- seventh, nineteen hundred and two, amended by a paragraph in the Act of Congress of March third, nineteen hundred and three, making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for f ilfilling treaty stipulations • with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes, hereby give our assent to the provisions of said Act3 , and hereby ratify and accept the sane. In witness whereof Tve have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty- third day of Kay, nineteen hundred and three. 2 ! Hans A/ a.- tAyL^- cLtyY) lklMAJ3u. Q CLLQ _ ^ d j v ... .. x.. y c . 3_.._ yy^ lAydlayd . 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J • r'- zjy. < y Aft <- < A A-y A- Y y - i - p i. r yyjy& y- y. y/ C x._^_ A\ l ( A \ ff i i > ! ^ "' A AsPi ( 4) I certify that the foregoing Instrument, together with the provisions oi the Acts of Congress therein referred to, and upon which the foregoing acceptance is based, was fully explained by me in open council to the Uintah and White River Utes of the Uintah Reser- ' atacn, in the Stats of Utah, through Interpreters chosen by said Indians, and that the signatures thereto -. vera voluntary and of their own free will. - ry , xi.-' •' y ; n - • y PPVAA-Uintah . Agency, Utah, May 50, 1905. U. S. Indian Inspector. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument, together with the Acts of Congress therein referred to, was fully explained by us in open council to the Uintah and Whits River Utes of the Uintah Reservation, in Utah.; that the sair. e was fully understood by the said Indians, and that the signatures thereto was the voluntary act of the respective signers. d\- dr' . dx^ t- yf A . ' A ' y r- / ^ Interpreters. _ y/ yr-' t- y. y- Yy/ f- Zly Uintah Agency, Utah, pf May 50, 1905. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we witnessed the signatures of the above named Indians, from No. 1 to Ho, 82 inclusive., to the foregoing instrument. dA let z y - y~- x..^ y h ^ J] r./ i- c Ae y I A'dr< Zd'- ydd .:> ' « Witnesses, y y/> <• f1t1 <• a rpy.;.'.- y yyyy yy-.- yy: ' yy y 7T Uintah Agency, Utah, JLhy 50, 1903. AfyAy j ( z ( 5) I certify that the total number of male adult Indians over 18 years O of age, of the Uintah and White River Utes of the Uintah Reservation, I in the State of Utah, is two hundred and eighty ( 260), of whom eighty- two ( 82) have signed the foregoing assent. Uintah Agency, Utah, May SO, 1903. ' Ce. pt'.", 7th Cavalry, Acting U. S. Indian Agent. : •' t /•'.- i - if d < . yA jlinutss of Councils :-: e! d by jarae3 uci, aughlia , O S. Indian Inspector, with the tah .; d \& ita River Ute Indians at Uintah Agency-, Utah, ? rom SSay 13 to jsay 23, 1903. \ \ J * * " L. i •! I . \ - . . . * • • ' . , h ( j * . :-.: Ay-^ •• s iv:, an"'; i O . ) v o » j X a." J z; I A •- A-. - ^ a f ivJ^ r-. L r 5Jinute3 of Council held at Uinta Agency, Whiterocks, Utah, by Jaaes McLaughlin, United States Indian Inspector, with the- Uinta and white River Ute Indians belonging on the Uinta Reservation, I Utah, for discussion and consideration of 7h . provision of the Act of May 27, 1902, affecting said Indiana and a3 amjndad by the Indian Appropriation Act approved Harch 3, 1903, Council convened Jionday, hay 18, 1903, at 2 o'clock p. m. with 127 Indians present and in attendance, Henry Harris, Happy Jack, Henry Jim, and " Willie Duncan, Interpreters^ John 1. liacXey, Stenographer. Capt. W, A. piercer, Acting U. S. Indian Agent:- ¥ y Friends,- Last winter, Congress passed a law which affects your interests. This law, the Secretary is compelled to carry out, and one of the things he is obliged to do is to send an Inspector to you to gat your vote on the question of allotments.. Hg has selected for that purpose one of . hi3 best men, and one who has had many years experience among the Indians a3 an Agent and as an Inspector, and who understands the needs of the Indiar. 3 as well as any man in the country, and above all, is a friend of the Indian race. He has given to your interests much hard study that he may advise you right. I have known him for many years, and he is a good man ^" ovthe Indian. I want you to understand that the Secretary and the Commissioner are your friend3 in thi3 matter aa well as all others,, and want to do the best they can for you, but all the Secretary can do now i3 to send to you a aan who will explain to you all about the la?/, and who has a straight tongue, so that what he tells you, you can believe, and T& at he advises you to do, you czu\ depend upon as the be3t for your interests and tho welfare of your people now and ia the 7 IT 4 Uinta Council, 2. future. I './ ant you to listen to him,- to ahlx him all the questions you wi3h, and then when he haa 3aid all he has to say, to get together here or in your canpa and to talk over among yourselves all you have heard, and tomorrc r, or when you have made up your minds what to do, ccme together here again and let him lino* how you feel, about the law, and to be ready then to vote on the quest! ojx of allotments. What you say will be taken down and 3ent to the Secretary to read. The Inspector will now talk to you. He cornea direct from your friend the Secretary. His name is Inspector McLaughlin and most of you have met hin before. Inspector llhLaughlin;- } Sy Friends,- I an pleased to see such a large representative gathering, and I shake hand3 with each and every one of you here assembled. I have been sent here b2r the Secretary of the Interior to submit to you for your consideration and deci3Jon, the provisions of the act of Congress of ?* ay 27, 1902 and the amendments thereto as contained in a provision of the Indian Appropriation Act approved " arch 3, 1903, 3/ hieh provisions are with reference to the lands of your reservation and involve your interests. The proposition = hich I an going to place before you is one of great importance to you people, and I trust that you will consider it carefully and decide the question wisely, I shall endeavor to explain every feature of the enactment involving your interests and which 13 now a la? v, that you nay understand it very clearly. Having visited your Agency two years ago, we are not entire strangers to each other, and it i3 ny hope that our councils be conducted in a spirit of friendliness. We meet here a3 friends and should discuss all - questions coning before this council ^ n * Uinta council, 3. friendly manner, so that wheth r you consent to the provisions of said acts of Congress or not, we v/ ill part as friend3. I will now read the provisions of the Acts of Congress referred to and after reading them through, will then go back to the beginning and explain them sentence by sentence. ( Reads the Act) How, my friends, I wish to explain Ais matter rrer- j carefully. I have just read the Act to you and want you to a£ k me any questions in reference to It you may desire so that you will be brought to understand every pha3e of the law. I want you to understand that no official of the Department y* is ' responsible for this legislation. Congress makea the laws and we all have to obey them, and it therefore becomes the Secretary's duty ' to' carry out this law. Until quite recently, the policy of our Gove rnment has been that Indians had unquestioned right to all lands of their raspec-tive reservations, but a recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States i3 that Indians have no right to any part of their reservations except what they may require for allotments in In severalty or can make proper use of. This was the decision of the Supreme Court on January 5th last in the case of a Kiowa Indian of Oklahoma named Lone 77olf « ,', . which involved the question of the Indian's title to lands. The *"" • " court decided that the Government had the right to legislate in regard to the 3urplus lands of Indians without consulting the ' Indians concerned. But if they take allotments, they cannot be j • disturbed,- their title to the lands allotted to them being secured to them by law. By that deci3ion of the supreme Court Congress nas the legal right to legislate in regard to Indian m lands, and Congress ha3 enacted a lav/ which requires you to take Uinta council, 4. your allotments. The Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs are yery anxious that you consent to the provisions of thi3 Act so that you may g- t the best of your reservation lands for yourselves. The Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs do not wish to impose any hard<*- ship on you people, and having your best interests at heart, wish you to take the best lands for your3elve3 and children. The question is a ve ry important one to you. If in my power, I would endeavor to get easier conditions for you, but I have no discretion in the natter and the law must be complied with. * After you have taken your allotments the remaining land is to be opened for settlement, and every person who takes any of thi3 remaining land must file upon it under the homestead law and pay $ 1* 25 per acre for it, and the proceeds will be for your benefit. The expenses of alloting your lands will be charged to that fund, and the remainder will be expended for the benefit of the Uinta and VTnite River Utes in the discretion of the Secretary. I do not know, my friends, that I can make this any plainer. The interpreters may not be able to understand fully, but they are doing the best they can, and I want you to consider thi3 very carefully. . I am here for this business only, and I hope you will talco time and consider it r^ ry carefully. I hope to have some © ther interpreters here tomorrow and perhaps you may be able to understand thorn better. I have been thirty two year3 with the Indiana/ I know naarly all the Indians in the country and have Visited nearly ev° ry tribe in the United States. They know that I tall th « a the truth and I am never ashamed to return to a Uinta Council, 5. tribe and look them in the face. In talking with Indians, I have but one tongue. ,\ ny question you ask ma, I - 111 answe:- truthfully, I do not believe in giving honlc^ t words to people that will de-cieve them and lead to disappointment, I am here to obtain the consent of you people to accept allotments as specified by the ia- j^ ftC acr33 to every head of a family and 40 to each other member, and 250 ,000 aore3 pasture land south of Strawberry Rive r for U3e of your cattle and horses, and the remaining land, after the let of October 1904, to be ooened for settlement to homesteadprs who v must pay 51.25 per acrs. My friends, if I had my choice in this mat ear I would be glad to se e you occupy all of this count ry but this i3 impo33ibieQ The " White people are coming into the country and no power can keep them out. The only land the Indian is sure of is that which he ' takes as his allotment. By accepting allotments you have the choice of the very beat land, and the coming of v5hite Men to take the land near yours' will enhance the value of your land: the land you take will be mora valuable on this account. A3 a friend to the Indian and a friend to you people, I would advise you to accept the provisions of thi3 Act. The land will soin be surveyed, " bids for same being already invited by adverti3ement3, though it vill not be entered upon right away. I want you to take time to consider what is best for ycu to do. My friends, this is a matter that you mav not understand fully y « * Jo day, and I do not expect it. I would rather ?/ ait till tomorrow # BOming that you may ask me any questions you desire made clear to you, I have now placed be"' fore you the Act of Congres3 to Zi* i you know the nature of my business here at the present tin?. I hope you will consider well £ hat I have said , and if you do not Uinta Council, 6. understand, I want you to ask me any questions you wish. ^ ere is a gentleman who is talcing down ev ? ry word I say and every word you may say will be recorded by him, and I will leave a copy of all our talk here with your Agent. The other copy will be sent by me to the Secretary, and the Secretary will read all 77a say. If any of - you should forget what I say you can call at the Agent's office and the Agent can show you the copy he will have there. I do not want to. say too much to day ao that you might forget or get mixed, so I think we had better adjourn till tomorrow at ten o'clock, and I hope you will be able to tell me then what you think of the proposition. I want you to 3 tay here at the Agency and your Agent will furnish you with something to eat. You should not go home for two or three days yet,. but come in here every day to talk with me. As I said in the beginning, this is a matter of great importance and I hope you will be patient. if you wish to ask any questions I will listen to them, or if you wish to talk together first I am read;/- to co; aply with your wish. Tim Johnson:- " We would like. tj- meet some place, and w- e want to all talk together next Sunday. Inspector McLaughlin:- That is too long to wait. I dont want to hurry you and I want to explain everything fully a3 questions may arise, and you should stay here so that I can explain everything you do not understand clearly, then you can go where you choose and council as much as you wish. Tim Johnson: There are more Indians than we have here now and we want to see them about it. J . • Uinta Council , 7,. Inspector McLaughlin: I must send in my report by June 1st, in twelve days from now. It is too long to wait a week for our next meeting. I Will not hurry you, but we ought to get through this business by next Sunday. You ought to sta2r here so that you can ask me questions and understand the matter fully. The Department has authorised your Agent to give you rations. This is always done on such occasions. Other Indians will be coming in and you had better all stay here so that as many a3 possible may be here to talk to me^ and also, amo^ g yourselves here about this matter. All you Indians ought to be together here to talk it over and consider it. That is the best way. tT& ifrodes: We don't want to hurry. Some Indians are not here. May be one week before all will be here. We want all Indians here. Inspector McLaughlin: I believe that it will take a week, and I want you to take all the time you need. I am very much pleased to see 3uch a large githaring at thi3 fir3t council. The council adjourned at £- 30 p/ m,. Uinta council, 3. Council reconvened at 2 p. m. Tuesday the 19th, with about 120 Indiana in attendance, John Reed interpreting. Inspector McLaughlin. yy friends, we have met again and I am v^ ry glad to 3eo S3 many of you assembled here to day. I explained the object of ray visit hare rery carefully yesterday, and I hope thai you all understand it fully. If there is anything that you do not understand clearly, I wish you to ask questions 3o that I can sec-plain it to you. As I said yesterday, this is a very important natter that is presented for your decision, and I hope that you will use care and good judgement in deciding upon it. Thi3 i3 a matter that id of greatest importance for your future welfare and Is one that you should consider without prejudice. While it is your duty to consult and talk thi3 natter over among yourselves, you should not listen to the advice of persona who are prejudiced against your best interests. I am here to present this natter to yon and answer all questions you may a3k me and I am now ready to hear what you may have to 3ay. Tim Johnson ( White R'ver Ute) You are here now to a3k these Indians a que3tiojj. What do you waat to ask abeprt? We hav'nt got a whole lot of things to talk about with you. Thi3 land is ours and we hav'nt got it for sale. The Indian3 say rjiat they want to keep it and hold it if they can. ^ nsn they put U3 on the re3ervation, it means the President told U3 to hold this reservation and they were not to open it. He said " I put you on that land, and I 7/ ant you to stay on it." This whole land used to belong to the Indian3 at one time. Z Uinta Council, 9: That i3 the reason T talk so. He is not going to break this rcssTration and settle anyone upon it. I wa3 born here on this land and we do not want to give it up. All the Indiana all ever the country listen to what Waslning-ton talk3 about,^ and that i3 the raason they do not want to get into any trouble like that. People ar. y that they are friends of the Indians and they think thwy can keep on talking to us all the time. That's the reason you ought not to come asking them about their land herst The president made this reservation here for the Indians and it ought not to be opened up. The reason they want it. is on account of the3e mines^ They got mine3 on the rssewa-tion. The Indians think that is why they want it and. isfcat is why the Indians do not want it ev~ jr allotted. They made this treaty a long time ago. This mining right some " Whites got over here and the Indians signed it. That i3 all right. tPlaces document on the table) We had a talk here and the Unites and Indians had to be heard. Inspector McLaughlin: I wish to 3peak to you people in reply to my friend Tim Johnson. My friends, I explained this matter to you yesterday so carefully that I thought you all understood it. I explained yesterday to you people that thi3 was not a matter for even the Secretary or Commissioner to pa? a upon. It is already an act of Congress. Ko* my friend3, Tin Johnson has rai3ed a question that , 1 an very glad to have brought up. He says there was a largs tract of country set apart tor you people, that you were to have for yourselves for all time. Now my friends, you are only one tribe of a great many tribe3 of Ind . ana in the United Stato3. C- yiy. Your reservation i3 onlyA of a great many similar reservations that Uinta Council, 10. are scattered over this country. When the Unites discover id this country they first began settling on the Atlantic coast and gradually moved westward, pressing farther and farther west. Then people began coming ea3tAvard from the Pacific coa3t until the advance guards of the white settlements met and there is now no frontier. When there was a great de. 1 of vacant land, there were large tracts aet apart for the Indians. Tne reservations were made large in day3 gone by when you could make a living by hunting and large reservations were then necessary and possible, but with the tide of immigration coming into the country, game ^ has become scarce and you can no longer live by hunting: and therefore you must take to agriculture to make a living for yourselves and families. A3 I told you yesterday, the decision of the Supreme Court is the highest authority in this land, and the su- / preme Court has decided that the sovErergn right of ownership of i /' land i3 in the Government and the Indian is entitled to only .1 what land he can make use of. How ay frienis, there J! 3 no other government on this globe that has been so generous i- d- th a conquered people as our Government has been. It gave the people fouhd inhabiting thi3 country large tract3 of land to live on till they reached a fair degree of civilisation. How my friends, remember that the President, the Se. cretary, and the Commaaioner are only executive officers They are to execute the laws mads by ^> Congress. I wish to explain to you what Congress i3. Congress i3 the representation of the people of the United States. The people elect the members of Congress, and they make the ! a* s. ' Congress is the voice of the people speaking through their representatives. Congressmen are elected ev^ ry two years. Every citizen of the Uinta Council, 11. United States i3 a voter and has a voice in saying who will be his representative and as soon as you people have your allotments, you will have a voice in saying who will be your representatives in Congress. How, Congress ha3 enacted a law affecting you people, ft says you ar e to have lands allotted to you and I have been 3. ent out hsr* to explain the Act and obtain your consent to accept your allotments. My friend3, I want you to understand distinctly that I am not here of my own accord I have baen sent here by the Secretary of the Interior to place before you the act of Congrea3 of which I have been speaking to you. The Secretary under the law, is required to carry thi3 into effect. He was obliged to send myself or some other Inspector to see you people and talk to you about it. I am to ask you to accept allotments of 80 acres for each head of a family of irrigable land, that is land that can be watered, and 40 acres to each other member of the family. If the consent of you people cannot be obtained by June l3t, that is in eleven days from now, the Ss-cretary must proceed to allot the lands to you under the Act,- all the remaining land afte>~ the allotments are made, to be opened for settlement, the title to be acquired by homesteaders under the homestead Act, the price to be paid by the homesteaders of § 1.25 per acre. How my friends, I want you to understand that this is not the action of the Secretary or the Commissioner, it is the Act of Congress . Congress does not intend to have large tracts of land held by Indians in future of which they make no u3e. But th* y do not desire or intend to take this land from Indiana without compensating them far it. Under the late decision of tha Supreme Court, which is the interpreter of all the laws, Congress has the power to enact such legislation. I want you to under- Uinta Council, 12. stand, my friends, that I am known among the Indians for telling the truth. I will answer all your questions truthfully. I will not misrepresent anything r. or uae misleading words And I 3ay to you as your friend, that the law must be complied with and will be carried out. My friend, Tim Johnson, ha3 a wrong idea regarding this matter and I want to correct it before it is accepted and believed by Xlndians. The policy of the Government in regard to Indian reservations haa changed during the pa3t year. There will be no more treaties made with Indians. The surplu3 land$ will be opened to settlement but the Indians will be protected in their homes. This question, my friends, may be somewhat . cloudy and I expect you to aisk questions and I hope you will ask them in. a friendly way. All of your reservation, outside of your allotments, and the tract set apart for pasture, will be opened for settlement upon which Whites will come, and the proceeds will be placed in the United States Treasury to your credit and expended for your benefit in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. Capt. Jos: I want to talk j u s t a l i t t l e bit to you, The IndJLaia reservation was not put down for nothing. Jt i s held down by something heavy. A soldier nan, like our Agent here, put this reservation here, ^ e was a general of the amy who talked with us and put this reservation a3ide for us and said i t was put aside f cr the Indians: and the Indians were put upon i t . He told Birigam Young and his IToraons that he did not want then to come h e r e , - that thi3 reservation wa3 for the Indians. ge said that to Sovoyet and to another chief, old Tabby, and another one, old Antero, They are a l l dead and gone now, I am the only one here that heard that Uinta Council, 13. t r e a t y . My friend, you are a good man, but I don* t ?/ ant you tc t a l k to U3 about opening our reservation. I want to hold our reservation and ke ep i t for ever from the White people. We want to keep White people off the reserva ion. This is the Indian's land. There is only one land heee and that is the Indian's land and i t belong3 tc the Indians. This reservation hare wa3 out aside for the Indians, and here now, is a school house for the children to be educated i n . . Thi3 reservation wa3 not put here for nothing. It was put here by a chief from Washington. It wa3 not for nothing that he was sent here to make this reservation, and he was a war chief. For seme time pa3t i t was not good h e r e , - but since this new Agent came, I feel happy and my heart i3 good. I t was not good when Myton was Agent here. Hyton l e t the White men come here, and I think it was Liyton vT- ho let the sheep men lease the reservation. You are our friend. You come to bring us news and we v.- ant you to let i t end now. We dont want to l i s t en to that kind of talk, we don't want this reservation opened, and we do not want White people ccning in among us. Before we had t h i s new Agent, they had a talk l i k e this and I am the only one l e f t that talked that t i n e , n^ re are the Ur. compaghre Indians here and the ^ hite River Indians, and the Uinta Indians and we want to hold our reservation. There is a l i n e £ rom here on the too of tho9e mountains -= here the Ir'dianB living on the reservation can go any place, and that is good. We have these mountains, and streams and don't want anybody coming on this reservation. That's may I hav< » talked here, and t h a t ' s a l l T am going to say new. ) Uinta Council, 14. Suecioffi: This } and is ours; it is not for nothing; this is ^ There our children were born and raised/ That is the reason we do not want thi3 reservation thrwn^ cpen. We do not want ahybody cutting it off. Is there anybody here who has made the land? TTho is it? let hin come here and talk. We are not going to give up any of this reservation away, nor have it cut in little pieces, jt i3 our3, and we are going tc keep it. - pe know our reservation line, and the White Man knows it. -' 7 Appah, ( White River Ute) You are my friend. ^ Zhat have you been telling these In-dians? . I do not like that, ^ hsn the Indians were given this land and when they pulled the chain over and surveyed it, they ' told us that this land would £ e our3 alvray3 and that it would never be opened.. That is the reason we do not know anything about opening our reservation. The Indians have lots of horses, and when you tell ua that we mu3t take farms, we do not like that on account of our horses. I have a father in Washington. It is on accpsnt » f this reservation that I have that father. That is the reason the Indians think of their father in Washington upon * hon they depend for these things. We do not listen to any White Jjan out here. We do not listen to the Mormons here. That is the reason I do not } ike what you, tell us. L- Uinta Council, 15. Sowsonocutt, ( white River Ute) They did not put U3 here on this reservation for nothing. They put U3 here a long time ago. That is how we came on this reservation. That's the reason we like this land here and we are holding it tight. All this land belong:, to ua and this reservation here belongs to the little children growing up We do not like what you tell us when you talk ahptrt giving us little pieces of land. jt is not good. I'- hd Indians have lots of cattle and horses. When we take the Government's little pieces of land, N how are we to run our horses inside on little pieces of land? When I was in Washington, I saw my father, and he told me he would never put us out of this reservation. The Commissioner told me;- " TThen anybody comes to ask for your reservation, do not listen to him," " Don't let anyone who talks like that come into your house," Thoro is just one reservation left,- the reservation here: that is iur land. That's all. Tercas:, ( White River Ute) I did not grow up here for nothing. Thi3 land heT- e belongs to me. I do not want to sell any of it off. A , Capt. Parank ( Uinta) y • I do not want you to steal my money. I heard all you had to say, I Heard you, and I think I understand you all right, but I do not believe what you tell me. I do not like it when ; ou talk to ne. This land I am talking on, I have grown up upon. Long I time ago, I did not talk any, but now I talk, I have a fatharj Washington, I cull him. He has me for hia bey on account of this land. I am an Indian, I think of v/ hat they told ua logg time • Uinta Council, 3> » . ago, when they gave us - his resti • watior. I do not know anything about selling timber . I do not know anything abosrt selling minerals on the reservation. This land here belongs to the Indians. They were put on it a long time ago. If Washington has put his nans down on this paper for opening the reservation, I am not going to listen to it. I am telling you now the truth. That is the reason I kAhp thinking about Washington all the time even if you are here talking to me. Game, ( Uinta) I see ycu and you see me. You travel all over the country. You are here now to look at this Indian reservation. Now, I am going to talk ? 7n oat our r; servation and we are net goir^ * o talk about it for fun. We are just going to talk about one thing. We have one country, or.*: land. That is the reservation and we do not want it opened up. We want to hold our own reservation here just as it now is. There are people on thia reservation who own it. We are not going to talk about opening our reservation. We were born here en this reservation. We will hold the cpmutry here around. We like this reservation here and -. e want to keep it. We do not kno?/ anything about selling it. Here is where the children are growing up. We do not want to give any of the water away or let any of it go. Capt. Woods, ( Uinta) I l i k e this reservation, this land. I hold on to i t tight. I do not want to let i t go. Thia land here don't belong to the people back there who make the law: i t belongs to these people who Ikaye biack hands. They do not want to see this reservation opened. " We like this reservation here, and we want to keep i t . We do *^ r Uinta council, 17. not ^ ant to give any of the water away or let an; of it go. Wap3ock, ( Uinta) We do not, this reservation line changed in any way. We want to keep it now just a3 it is; thai' 3 the way the ether reservations a. re. All tlys other reservations belong to Indians, and that's how the Indiana are on thia reser- waticn. That's the reason we have an Agent here to watch it for us. All other lEand i3 same as here and they raise their children on it. They are talking back there, and you ccr. e and tell what they are talking about. These people here are talking to you now and tell you that we do not want to have the reservation thrown open. We have an Agent here to watch it. The Indiana do not understand anything about being put en a little farm. Rven if they talk about that in Washington, we do not like it. They tell you to come here and talk to U3 and let us talk about it. How we do not like that even if they are iur friend3. We have a school house and our children are going to school. They were bom on this reservation and it belongs to then. Little Jim ( White River Ute) It is all right that we are talking here. Q"£ r Agent is listening to wha- we say. You are h- Are telling U3 our business , and that is good too. You are telj- ing abo ut what they are talking in Washington and that io good. I do not say that you are telling this yourself. Even if they do say in Washington, that cur reservation is to be thrown open I do not like it. I do not blame the Indiana for wanting to hold their reservation. They raised their children here and they want to keep it. That i3 the reason the Indiana do not want to sell it. Our land! h'^ rs is jU3t |