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Show Uinta Council, 63, piece of land? Must I tie my horsea in that little field? That's the reason I do not like it- Inspector McLaughlin: You have three children; you will get a large piece of land, John Star. (White River) I have just come down from the saw mill where I have been working, I just got here now. You see me and I see you. My flesh is black: you have good flesh, you are white like this paper here. My flesh look3 like the ground. That's the reason I like this land: ay flesh is like the land. That's the reason I am going to keep it. Why should I gi«»e it away£ I like it: I was raised here. That's the reason I have got it right in my heart. I aa pretty well acquainted with the White Man. I know him. The White Men want some tiling all the time. They want everything. They are after this land and are troubling ae all the time. If I have cattle the White men will come in and drive them off. Than there will be trouble. That's the reason I will not give it away. £re you going to take our land? I want you to say "No", whether you are going to take it or not. I want you to answer me. Inspector McLaughlin: I am not here for anything for myself at all. I am here t© give you the words of Washington. Wapsock: I am not going to talk very much now. Who is it I am going t© talk to? Is it to you? That paper on your table, Is the saae aa if it came out of a hole in the ground. That's why the Indians are talking as they are about this. That says you are going to open the reservation. I say, "Row are you going to do it." What is the reason for it? #ow can you open it? I think like this: when the White Men come flocking into this reservation our Agent would keep thea back off the land. Thatrs all j aa going |
