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Show Uinta Council, 2. future, I want you to listen to him,- to aSsk him all the questions you wish, and then when he has said all he has to say, to get together here or in your camps and to talk over among yourselves all you have heard, and tomorrow, or when you have made up your minds what to do, come together here again and let him know how you fee2ll about the law, and to be ready then to vote on the questioji of allotments. What you say will be taken down and sent to the Secretary to read. The Inspector will now talk to you. He comes direct from your friend the Secretary. His name is Inspector McLaughlin and most of you have met him before. Inspector McLaughlin;- Hy Priends,- I am pleased to see such a large representative gathering, and I shake hands with each and every one of you here assembled. I have been sent here by the Secretary of the Interior to submit to you for your consideration and decision, the provisions of the act of Congress of May 27, 1902 and the amendments thereto as contained in a provision of the Indian Appropriation Act approved March 3, 1903, which provisions are with reference to the lands of your reservation and involve your interests. The proposition which I am going to place before you i3 one of great Importance to you people, and I trust that you will consider it carefully and decide the question wisely, I shall endeavor to explain every feature of the enactment involving your interests, and which 13 now a law, that you may understand it very clearly. Having visited your Agency two years ago, we are not entire strangers to each other, and it is my hope that our councils be conducted in a spirit of friendliness. We meet here as friends and should discuss all questions coming before this council in a |