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Show £3* ago whon sho came to thia reoorvation from Orand Junction, Colorado, Q. 7flien you na.7 Ur3, Richordnon about 11 yearn ago did you rooognizo in hor tho child who had boon given away to tho Whito poople 7 A, I did not at first. She addroasod me aa v/anroden and I aokod her how she knew me. She said that she had seen me at Sprinvllla, Utah when she was a girl. Then I knew her as tho ohild who had boon glvon away • to tho white people, Q. Did Mrs. Richardnon attompt at that time to become a member of tho tribo 7 A, She told mo at that timo that 3ho would like to become enrolled, but they did not take any action on It at that time* Q. Do you beliove that sho ought to be enrolled hor add receive an allotment and be entitled to sharo in annuity payments- in othor wordi to receive all the benefits of a member of the Uintah bond of Utos of this reservation 7 yS , A, Yes, I think that she should bo, /' Q, Is r.ho a full-blood Ute Indian Of tho Uintah Band 7 A. Yes. She is, Q, Do you know of any other persons on this reservation who knew Mrs, Richardson when 3ho lived among tho white people and the circumstances which separated "her from the tribe 7 3 A, JIM Duncan is one, Big Tom another* and an old woman who lives up near the homo of John Duncan. Q, Have,you told all you know about this case 7 A, Yes, Wanrodos. His Mark. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of June, 1913, at the Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah. '*'/' SJl t(.Rf -.* tR c Speoinl Indian Agent. \ \ |