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Show #3. •c Creek" country for their farming lands,- a valley in which fortunately we had selected every good irrigable 40 acre tract as being desirable for the White River allotments. A 3mall number of the tribe living near other streams many miles from the main settlement near the Agency, have made their selections of land; and one of the headmen, Tim Johnson, brought in yesterday the names of 9 White Rivers and made the selections of land for them. We may gather in quite a few more within the next few days, but in all probability we will simply have to allot the majority of them in accordance with our best judgment. We also held a council with the Uintahs on the 13th instant immediately following that with the White Rivers. They are an entirely different type of Indians, and several of the accede to the wishes of "Washington" in this matter and to select their lands if they had not already done 30. We do not anticipate any trouble with them, since the majority of heads of families have already made their selections and others are doing so right along. We will continue to work night and day, if necessary, *in order to get the rolls to Washington by July 1st as directed. I enclose copy of a letter to the State Engineer, Caleb S. Tanner, and his reply. These may be useful as a matter for reference in the future. Aside from a considerable delay in sending us the new form of application blanks, the State |