who had ordered Erwin to the reservation to assess the hostage situation and to take charge of the four other FBI agents who had been sent there.  He had not ordered Erwin to take charge of all law enforcement activities on the reservation or to take command of the local officers.  Erwin did not have authority over either the BIA officers or the reinforcements from the other local agencies.


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At approximately 9:50 a.m., Erwin located FBI Agent Aldridge, Chief Simondet, and Herbert McNeal, the father of one of the dissidents, on the "Back of Town" road south of the Mission.  Erwin and McNeal then proceeded to a home about a quarter mile away from the LEC, looking for Stephanie Hanson.


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At the time Erwin first arrived atthe reservation, between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m., McMullen and Sheriff Tolman were at the Mission.  They stayed there until approximately 10:15 a.m., and, shortly before 11:00 a.m., they went to the BIA building to establish a permanent command post.  Throughout the morning, they were in contact with the Beltrami County police dispatcher and informed him periodically of their whereabouts.  Erwin had been informed by 9:10 a.m., that McMullen and Tolman were at the Mission, but did not travel there to look for them.  He made some effort to contact them by radio and telephone, but was unsuccessful.  The telephone number he used had been given him by a local officer after his arrival at the reservation.  Erwin had been told that this