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Show Uinta council, 36. Happy Jack. (Uinta.) That's all right; that's good. You are talking to your friendsi your friend3 are talking to you. You are a friend to us ; we are friends to you. We are talking together to have an understanding. The people in Washington that talk about this reservation dont like Indians, I have been all over the country here among the whites. I have been their towns and white people dont like me. I am of a different color from them. When I walk down Main Street they say "Watch that Indian; he will be taking something." They tell the police to keep an eye on me. That's the reason the Indians do not want white people to come here and take their land, I do not think it will be that way anyway. After the white people come in here it would not be very long till we would be all gone. They will say "We took your land , now we will take your house; so you get off this land; go to some other country 3JZ\ find some other place." That is the reason these Indians feel bad over this business. All over the country the white people dont like Indians. The land where the white man's towns are,belonged to the Indians at one time. That's the reason we cant come to any understanding. These In-o dians do not understand what you are talking about and you dont understand what they mean. The white man knows the Indians have something on the reservation. They are all trying to see who A . will come in first and racing with one another to get in first. Inspector McLaughlin, Happy Jack raised a question which is a very good one. Remember my friends,I will take nothing you say as offenga. You will respect me later when you find that my words have all been |