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Show DEPARTMENT OF- THE INTERIOR, YV AS H1NGTO N , l'1 e t) 1"ii a yy .1 0 , ].". l i e Commissioner of ] nd ia n Af fa irv,. S i r : I have considered your l e t t e r of +he 12th i n s t a n t r e p o r t i ng t h e c o n d i t i on of a f f a i r s in the v i c i n i t y of Meeker, Garfield Co., Colorado, canned by the presence in t h a t l o c a l i t y , and. the menacing a t t i t u d e , of a band of White River Tito Indians, numbering about s i x t y men, women and c h i l d r e n , whoso removal to the Uintah r e s e r v a t i o n '.'/here they belong in demanded for safety and to prevent p o s s i b l e h o s t i l i t i e s between them and the s e t t l e r s ; and you recommend t h a t the '7ar Department bo requested to. take the necessary s t e p s to secure such removal. In subsequent l e t t e r of the 1-X.h i n s t a n t yon supplest whether i t would not be a d v i s a b l e before c a l l i n g on Xo T7ar Depa rtrnont tXX an Inspector be sent for the purpose of indue'nr* those Indians to voluntarily remove to the reservation upon which they bolonnA It is observed that Mr. 'Yallace, the Special Xron t of the Department of Justice, who has examined into this matter states that "another source of irritation to the settlers of Garfield |