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Show DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED STAT33 INDIAN SERVICR, _ lfl.-ta irid 5ur^yXWanc7> y Zwiitkroti&d At*h, X 7 ;'• f i'kii.idt1962. Hon, Conni_lasioi.*r of Indian Affairs, ^.aahington.,_?v ©v. ^ Sir.:- X. I h«re-with. forward''application of 3et-.yvAl_i-&^34ws-rc_ and / -:' IPrankly^Murdack to have their names placed, on th*. Uinta*, roll- I have never seen any of the^m. ftxcept Alai^i Ha i^s a v_-ry bright half-bread and S^OWES hj.3 Indies bloody. vs;ry plainly. I dont know anything ?.bout the justice of the,. cla,im of thase paopls, ' A " v- « A •; jj \ \y\ f vy y \ \ \\ y\ ''•' 3or that reason I dont feel like making any recommendation. " Z\\ Hf\ 7 ' .'{'! A*l i:!i"; '/yv 1 called,,the Indiana together in council last 3umm=r to con-aid «3 ti4-Si mattsr,but they declined to give their consent for th* •*nB».llm«nt of these people. Mr. Murdock did not want to talx ia tha- Indians in council again about the matter,but preferred t6 lea-re it to you. These Indians tried in February,1898,to get on the roll. I rtter you to ths papers that my predecessor sent in xt that time; also his l^ttsr of Fshruary 8,1898. Vcrry Respectfully Of YZ / yy U.S.Indian Atesnt. O YA^^..yy.y^o,y y - •-/ |