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Show Uinta Council, 73, graph in the Act of Congress of March third, nineteen hundred and three, making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations.. with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for other purposes, hereby give our assent to the provisions of said Acts, and hereby ratify and accept the same. In witness wheceof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty-third day of May, nineteen hundred and three." I have prepared this in duplicate, the two copies just alike. I hand one of them to your Agent that he may file it in hi3 Office. My friend3, we have held six councils and have been diseasing this matter for the pa3t six days. This is the last public council that I intend holding with you for this purpose. When we adjourn to day it will be the final adjournment. I feel that I have done rsy full duty inm placing this matter before you people jwas* that you might understand every clause and phase of it, Amd I am confident that each and every one of yon understands the full meaning of this new law, and it is now for you to determine whether you consent or not to the acceptance of your allotments under the provisions of the Act. All consenting can sigh thi3 paper which will be In the Agency Office while I remain, and I will be here f*r three or four days yet. Any person desiring to sigh can come to the Office and subscribe his name to this paper. Every Uintah and Ijjhite River Indian here has the right to determine for himself ia the matter and express hi3 individual preference. It is not my Intention nor the wish of any Government Official that any undua influence ©r^coercion be used in obtaining your signatures. You are each and all freer to sign this paper or not, just as you raay feel disposed. Every word spoksn in our councils has been recorded by the Stenographer and I have 45 pages of typewritten transcript here which contains the first three days' Councils. All |