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Show - present agent a conpetent official and the Uintah school employees pains. taking and capable,and did not want them to be influenced-by evil disposed persons who were inimical to their agent who talked-tcithern derogatory of him. Finally, after some hours talking, they grew quite communicative and talked quite freely and more reasonably,and after a somewhat protracted conversation in a low tone among themselves, Sowawick said to me:- "You are the first field official who ever visited us at our homes and we are very much pleased with your visit and to show oar appreciation of it i promise you that re White River utes will place all our children in school in four months time. We have not a great many children of school age,as thirty of them have died in the past winter of measles; that I have never before promised any person that our children-should be sent to school,but we io so now,and I am known to have only one tongue an I always speak truthfully and now promise you that my word-in this matter shall be kept." This statement of Sowawick's was concurred in by all the indians present and I then told them that as the schools would adjourn in four months time for a two months vacation, to show their rood intention and that I might thus report to you, they should place some of their children in school at once. sowawick replied, after seme consultation with his people, that they desired to consul over it ,bu.t would, as requested by me, put a few children in school at once; that they did not want me to go away mad at then., raid that they would therefore place two children in school the following day ^which they did) -and two more the following week and so on from time to time, and that \:heri the school opened for the next term every fligible child of the Ante River utes would be placed in the school. |
