| Show funeral ifuneral held hold for uintah indian chief 0 one e of the last of the great chiefs of the ute tribe died dec dee 1 11 I 1 in a salt lake city hospital funeral services were conduct cd ed in whiterocks Whlter ocks december IS 15 for chief andrew frank 73 leader of the uintah band ute utc etc indians on uintah and ouray reservation services were held in tho the whiterocks Whlter ocks ward chal chapel el C church h or h 0 of f jesus christ of la latter tte r d day y saints president james jame s bacon was the main speaker and remarks were also made by father joseph hogben and several members of the tribe the allegiance of the tribe was passed many years ago to mr frank upon the death of his father known as dr frank or the I 1 bridger doctor both his father and mother toyoyant Toyo yant were full blooded utes aud when the family moved to whiterocks from the uintah river country and pr provo va v0 lake in the 1880s dr frank frank continued on page 8 FUNERAL HELD FOR UIMTAH IHDIAM INDIAN CHIEF cnr car inucd flnued from pane page I 1 1 people irto tho tile colorado mountains for their annual nil fail hunt ing heavily lira ally vlly loaded travels drug ring ging westward again toward whiterocks piled hid with vrn vn ison and other game were the lh winter larder of each bogran liognn hogran ain iin in the tile nrvaln 11tservatlin nr valn novpmmont covernrywrit in come for nn an indian in tholo thoqo tho days nvrrtrd nveraed nver aed 113 3 wr month and the end of beaver hides for trading was already in night gieht gicht th efin tfin vower nowcr vowcr of early uc ule chef chlf chlefq wag was infinite and absolute among their people but government administration called for an other kind of I sidership lderhlp sdership and the establishment of the tribal council to deal with reservation problems problems roblems cur curtailed talled to tome some ex x fend tend tho the actual authority co of f chief frank in the minds of the utes however he remainder rcmalndcd remainded remain ded the great leader and it is doubtful if a matter of any importance has been settled among them without his advice and approval royal tor for the past twentyfive twenty five years many changes came to the utes during chief franks lifetime he ile lived to see oil welli wells shooti shooting nR up along the pony people is one description given of chief andrew frank As a child amon among the ute utes he trailed along the I 1 dusty usty path that circled the foothills north of vernal and followed with his was accented as a the loader leader of the ulntah uintah band bond A man of wisdom among his trails and repayment by a v very vr slow government for the I 1 lands and they ift 1 ft no po lon ions nyo no in 11701 colo rrflr i indian boy briya today ride 21 ohley ohlny 1 ny yellow y e allow llow buses to the tile beautiful n new ew school whir whcr wher the tile whit whltr waltr heldron hlldron filldren hll fill dron dren KO go alwaan alwavn alwnvii a prorrmlve rrot4ive farmer himself he 1ro1 arl lrl 1 I tli ali people in lit adopting many of file hf modern methods suggested by lie tile government on in hl ilk 40 pert nhornnt nHorn rit nt abid nnd atid that of his hl wife lc ife had been employed a rig n bleick bloick llrkinm finith tinith for the indian service for ninny years and rllfml rnined rained ii tiffit tixfit tix eflin eflil fit maevledge kn knovlfdk ledge t f lif the IIP of farm maev nntrilncry chinery hinery i chief frnnk was greatly lov iov td cd sind will lie if greatly tnoiirncd inourned inturned limo limiting nmounk limoting ting the veig not mno men are left who can rebern reincm remern I 1 rr pr ow old times and the old va v1 unyi vnyi 1 Y of the hunting train A r div v hn hil downed dnwned diawned for tile utes and arid they arc are only a few ilnia gliot ilnil I 1 stena ntdx stenq from nil full fledged membership in the white mana mnns manq world nut but they were led thru tip the hard years by men like ilke chief frnnk frank who will be remembered as A man ot of wisdom among his people |
