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Show ,1 Com. -Z-there assembled and these lawless few who wanted to stir up trouble. The Indians therefore got the idea that the comnunity of Hayden was behind them in having the dance, and the few retrogressive whiterivers who were doing nothing anyway and who do not regard either the wishes of the agent or the Office lacked nothing more to lead then to disobey the order. They would unquestionably have shat any small party of policemen or white employees who would have attempted to stop them. I learned of tha meeting at Hayden and its results on the day following, and I immediately drove to the community and spent a half day in an effort to learn the names of the parties who made the remarks, as well as the names of witnesses who would swear it. Though there were good citizens who heard the remarks still they were not quite good enough citizens to cause them to give information of that nature against their denominational brethren, and I was informed that the remarks were made in a croid and that tho witnesses heard the remarks but were not positively sure o/ho had made them. Of course nothing r.ould at that time be learned from the Indians themselves. It all happened so quickly that I did not have time to invoke the aid of the President of the Stake of the church, Mr. '.Villiam H. Smart, who would have undoubtedly been able to line up his people on the side of lav/ and order. Ke would not only have been able, but ".TILLING to have done so. But I could not get to him or get him on the ground till the thing was under way. |