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Show Uinta Council, 30. your allotments- under the provisions of this Act, and as desired by the Secretary of the Interior and all friends of the Indians. My friends, talk this ofcer among yourselves and meet me here again at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Council adjourned at 5-30 p, m. Council reconvened,at 2-30 p,. re,. Wednesday, May 20th, with 121 Indians in attendance. John Reed, interpreting. Inspector McLaughlin: My friends, we have met again according to appointment. I aa ready to hear anything you have to say. You have been counciling among yourselves, I presume, and I am ready to answer any questions you may wish to have answered. Tim Johnson: I have no other way to talk. This land belongs to mo and I am going to keep it. There has been a line run around this reservation and I do not want it broken. I am not telling this for nothing. I tell it to you for the truth. It is a small piece of land I have here, and I am going to hold i>t. I am not going to give it up to White Men or anyone else. Inspector McLaughlin: My friend, I supposed from the explanation I made that it was plain to you.that it is not for you to say whether this reservation is to be apened or not. I have been sent out hare to explain that and obtain your consent to accept allotments. I have al3o explained several times to you that the Secretary is required under the Act of Congress to carry out this law. Prior to a short time ago, Indians were consulted in regard to opening their reservations. |