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Show a » «8- ;r*J about twenty Indians asser-bled who had evidently learned that I intended visiting them that day, and others continued to arrive until about fifty Indians were present. Upon arrival at sowawick's house I found the Indians courteous but very conservative,and in fact somewhat sullen,and expressed themselves as not desiring to talk with me regarding their school children. I, however, underatanding Indian peculiarities, lid 7A 8| not press matters very strongly in the beginning but made my visit more Hi a social and friendly sail, and having the Ft, Duchesne axit.,-* |f- interpeter with me, whom the post commander kindly placed at rey disposal, I I gradually got them interested and they then expressed a desire to i have an inteperter of their own, a young man named John E. Reed, whom I I requested them to send for, which they did, and after his arrival they became more interested and our council lasted from about 11 A. ii. until 5 ?* M., during which time we talked of various matters but my talk was chiefly with reference to the importance of placing their children in school. They learned through their own interpeter that I ha.i been many | years with the Soux Indians, and they having many friend;; among the Simtft, and a few of them being able to speak a little of the c.oux dialect, f. it pleased them very much to hear me converse with those fear in the Sioux I | language,and it was doubtless through this fact that I succeeded in s' getting them interested. After considerable talk on various matters they said that if the agent and all of his employees, including all of the present employees ,of the Uintah schools,were dismissed and an entire new force sent them they would put their children in school but would not do so while the present incumbents were retained. I replied that the Department would not entertain such a proposition aa having Indiana dictate the terms upon which they would place their children in schools; that I regarded the |