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Show Uinta Council, 55. I don't care how big anything is, it cannot take this line and throw it away. Are you a Stout man that you can get this line and throw it away? That's the reason I am not going to give this laad to you. Say "Yes". What you are talking is not right. Inspector McLaughlin: My friends, I want to toll you people that your Agency will remain just as it is. You will have an Agent provided who will look after your interests just as at the present time, and any change that is going to take place will be for the better, as you will have individual allotments. I aa not here to take anything from you. I am hero simply to toll you what is provided for by the Act of Congress. Ity- friends, I think it unnecessary to repeat again what 1 have told you so often before, but I will s.ay this legislation is provided for your benefit. The Act of Congress gives you to the 1st of June to consent to accepting your allotments, and it is very desirable that you consent to accept them before that date, and I am her© for the purpose of obtaining your consent. Remember that after you take your allotments, you will receive tha trust patent, a strong paper, from the Government, and after you receive that, no one can take your land from you. It passes down to your children and those who come after you. Your land is exempt from taxation for a period of twenty-five years; no lion can .attach .to.-it and you cannot sell it for a period of twenty-five years. My friends, if you could only separate the question that is in your minds froa the actual question before you, I do not think youOould hesitate long in deciding upon accepting your allotments. Parank: Now we ara having a talk before you. You are hare to day tell* Ing this to us. The Indians do not know where this paper was made. They did not see it;- that's the reason they say they do ...... i |