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Show years old, she thought she could arrange to care for this ona also. In fact, there has probably been an error of .-• at least a year in hear age, far from her appearance she o must-be at-least, five or six year 3 old. ''yfy '•''". F •'•'£.. c ..The ne-areat relativea of the girl heard of'Ft-'fi •) 7-;- " *.*-• '• ' our. plana to put .the girl in sohool and they slipped the ' • w •' A -: :.--'. -y.3-•>.*' little girl away,;, took her aome 75 miles west, en route -' • .'••( '• to Springville/.Utah. On the road,' near Stockmorej Utah,:^' the Indian, Black Hawk, whose wife is a half sister to -fRf t •• * the father of the girl, met a white man C. H. Wilken who had formerly been employed at the Agency at Whiterocks as Farmer, and with whom Black Hawk was acquainted. Mrs. Wilkin was along and when they met in the road after. considerable conversation. Black Hawk gave them the girl„Y so they claim, to keep a3 their own* The Indians were so opposed to sending the girl to the Boarding School, it seems, that they were willing to dispose of her in any way rather than put her in school. In the-latter part of the winter and spring when the two annuity payments were made, the Blackhawks began 00. to think of the girl's share; and evidently thinking that'/' , • • ' "flF-y they could get it if they could regain possession of" the'* girl, they ma de a couple of trips over there for the pur- "3 • * _ ,-^'y- • pose of getting the girl. \ A \ *'" . . A ••' |
