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Show Telegram DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Education- Law & Order UNITED STATES INDIAN SERVICE y\ R- 1-* 73751-1913 F_-y^ ? L S Uintah & Ouray Indian Agency, Port Duchesne, Utah. June 24, 1913;' Commissioner of Indian Affairs,. 1 i w - l-', i flykMyt-' Washington, D. Q.yyf.y-yF-yty: WA'' ... w Sir:' w ;.... '• '3 ... ' A; ,;W, Receipt is acknowledged of Office telegram - A of June 19th as follows: -.ty, 't f-.F "Has Sun dance oeen held on your reservation within recent years. If so give date of last, one and say whether another is contemplated at present time, wire." Mr. W. H. Allen, local agent for the Uintah ' y: Railway Co. and telegraph operator at this point,has been absent at the-County seat attending court ,and Ry. some messages were-delayed. Telegraphic reply was made on June 23rd as fo Hows: "Your wire nineteenth regarding- sun-dance. Sun-dance -< has always been held by these Indians in Jane ; It is being held now having been in session three days and.373 closing tomorrow. Letter follows." o f:RtftF'*£ y . 0' •' v Ei *..'_•- «. ,V '1. • v. • : >• : '.' • With further reference'to the dances as held.A-3-7"g'.';' -Rtf ".••-'« ." flf- yiyfy-F on thi3 reservation, it maybe said that the Bear-dance•^yyF-F'iM .-":• 'A R-'Ft 'FF: t and Sun-dance have'both been given annually by the In- R't'y.f fly .w-.;'777i'..o dians of this ' reservation for many years and both dances 7 * J 'kf f. were held again this year. y- '.-; -, . ' Y -fly- yy ysyy /) -'A--- : . • Rff' F'-Rt KFF^J':'y , ff -t $?M$$& \J yy-y yyx^i^y^S.y |