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Show fl. \3F-MEMORANDUM. ' : -I ......0.1.0.01 ,7 APR 4- iOl-'l For the Commissioner: SCl20 ttor ..'•'..':337'Supervisor Holcombe left this with ms, saying he would -.-.,/- 'yyyflyfl y :•• yy, yO 'fy . ; - • . .-•• '.. . >yi f-f.. not be able to comment; on it before leaving. TCe had" read and '. •o-"- •yy.y • '-- "A.f,-' '•"•' - ...--:• ••• -. . : ."-.;' •::. y\y. • • '•'• discussedoit tosrether somewhat.. 330 . - : • ." " . ' •' •• •••. •: • ;y y The report of Inspector Belcher is what one would be'o expected to get if he works "incog", as he would be able to get i - 3 but little except the current rumor3. He could not get at the real fact3 of administration without making himself known. Could he have later made kim3elf known and. made an official inspection he could have had both point3 of view. I waa in charge of those Utes from December 1, 1911, to about the middle of May 1913, hence know them fairly well. During thi3 period the military force3 were v.ithdrawn from Fort Duchesne and I took it over, moving the agency office there, j well recall how Had Cap ordered me not to do so and wa3 on hand when the moving began with a larg3 following to try to awe me into obedience of hi3 command. Had I not felt that the majority of the tribe were with me I would have he3itated to proceed with-out an armed force. Red cap is one cf the leaders of the bunch that went to South j^akota a few year3 ago, and is just as truly a hostile today as any Indian leader ever was, only hs has realized the futility of resistance. A. -Red Cap's.-name appears as Ho. 3 on the Indian petition, and I recognize a large portion of his following coming after him. f* I do not find the name3of the con3ervative leaders, such a3 David • 3l ye |