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Show The Creation of the Reservation: 1848-1900 43 on the western end of the reservation. After the turn of the century the two sections became known as the Ute Mountain Reservation, the home of the Weeminuche band, and the Southern Ute Reservation, the home of the Mouache and Capote bands. Once the allotments were given to the Capotes and the Mouaches and the reservation established for the Weeminuches, the remaining lands, 523,079 acres, of the old reservation were ready for Anglo settlement. On May 4, 1899, President William McKinley signed the proclamation and the reservation was opened.11 This act marked the end of another era in Southern Ute history. Utes at the Denver Exposition of 1882-83. Smithsonian Institution. 11 Ibid., p. 126. |