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Show ( 5 ) made the application,I .am anxious to ascertain what the prospects are for my success,and wheteher or not I may exoect your co-operation; x x , x x x x xx v I can well understand that, you naturally look upon applications of this character with more or less suspicion unless the parties are well known to you. I would not have been so bold as to havo written seeking your assistance,were it not that I was advised so to do by parties I was led to believe were your personal friends. x x x x x x x x x I will be more than glad if you will kindly write me a letter and tell me what my prospects grc,and if you think you can arrange the matter for no. If I am to represent these people,there is s grc?t deal of work to be done,and this work ought to be done at the earliest possible moment. Lore than half of the claims against these Indians are,in my judgment,fraudulent,and many of the others arc exaggerated in amount. x x x x x x Your ea2rly attention to this matter will greatly oblige me,and place me under lasting obligations. i I am, with great respect,Very truly yours, C Signed ) 17. B. I.:atthews, Excepting the telegram referred to by Lr Matthews the following is the only reply made to his propositions:- Uintah X Ouray Agencjr, White Rocks,Utah,October 14,1395. William 3. Latthows, Attorney at Law, Room 55 LcGill Building, Weshington, B. C Dear Gir: Your several letters referring to propositions for you to serve in capacity ^s Attorney for the Indians ox* the Agency under my charge have been duly received. I have given the subject mature consideration snd have arrived at the conclusion thst no matter how impottiiit it may be that these Indians should be defended agoinst claims pending before the courts in Washington it will be unwise to add a knowledge of sueh fact to the various causes from which they are being subjected to unrest and anxiety at the present time. Yory respectfully,; ( Signed ) Jameisv .aFj.o r Ran7d.l ettS,. A. 7 Acting U.S. Indian Agent. Lr Latthows follows this as quoted by the. Tribune .hy expressing great disgust at tho action of the Acting Agent,and calls upon the people of Utah generally to hurry such an Agent from their midst. In 511 the embarrassments that have been encountered in perfors-pnee of the duties assiynod to me as y,cting Indian Agent,nothing hor. been no d. she:, r te.iing sr. the knowledge thv-t this crafty Ghvster .'-.•.the-.'.:; hi,': A'.Xved the ;->) th'Ar I 11. o;i JI '7tu X:):.;;'. o.-i ."..V. •..<-. ) X.".' x.;- t.Xt he is i. (A;r:.'ji. vxo X, his pr«'X,ie>. ~:: : ). "/-._•• X: -y.'.ix,-.-: .,-, honesty of purpose ?.:d rsr.ly integrity;and the X e t tkit some of ~y rarr.ost persons! friends,men in high official position,have boon induced to recommend this person to nu ss an lionorable msnhas idCod much to the porplexinp; burden of the'position. i YYy respectfully, Lajor Kc t i ngVj. .h'lndisn Agent. |
