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Show Reservations - 608 Letter to Southern Ute Indian Commission The writers complain that the purposed Southern Ute reservation included land on which they have developed placer gold mining claims. They suggest new boundaries for the reservation. Attached is a map of the proposed reservation. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 31892 Dec. 23 (?), 1888 Oberly, Jno. H., commissioner of Indian Affairs Letter to S. M. Cullen (?), U. S. Senator Oberly responds to the Senator's concern that the lands planned for the Southern Ute reservation contains mining claims. The commissioner's investigation revealed their were no mining claims in the area being considered. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 494 Jan. 8, 1889 Hite, L. H., attorney, East St. Louis, Illinois Letter to John H. Oberley, commissioner of Indian Affairs Hite expresses his opposition to the Southern Ute agreement as the proposed reservation would include land on which he and several other men have mining claims. He suggests a modification of the reservation boundaries. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 2057 1890 Statements by Southern Ute Chiefs Jan. 2 4 Ignacio and Buck Skin Charley, speaking through an interpreter, tell Blair Bunwell that they and all their people want to move to the new reservation because there they will have summer and winter grazing areas, they will not be surrounded by whites, there is plenty of water and good farm land. The transcripts are signed by several Southern Ute leaders and are verified by witnesses as being authentic statements. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 3843 |
