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Show -10- ago Murdock talked about leasing this land and we told him. we did not want to lease it at all, because Murdock would drive the Indian cattle back all the time. The Indian, o, cattle must graze there sometime, they can't live at the-:a agency there when they want feed. TVhen we had a talk about it at Port Duchesne atrth&t little council v/e never got^any. answer to that. We reported to you what we did not like^o^.: V/e think that was never sent to the Indian Office-- The «:'; Indians'ought to take a delegation themselves and tell Washington with their own mouth and talk about it. Maybe this letter will be laid down here and not sent the sane as the other one was that v/e reported in the. little council. What we do here today v/e report to the agent and he can wr$te to the Indian Office. We never did any harm and I am not afraid to go anyvhere, but we ought to take our own delegation and talk to them ourselves, and 3ee what we can say about it when we face one another." STipervisor Martin. . ...7.' " I think, myself, it would be a better plan for the A._-.-.. 7= Indians to take a delegation to Washington than for Murdock. - to take a delegation to Washington." Jo hn Dundan. "Murdock did not make any agreement with yo\x, and the Indians- have agreed with it and so we ought to take our own.. delegation." |
