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Show Treaties and Agreements - 665 reservation is land on which he and his partners have staked out mining claims. He asks that the boundaries be redefined, as the So. Utes do not need so much land and they are unable to live peaceably next to whites. Attached is a letter of recommendation for Mr. Gillespie. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 31680 Dec. 19, 1888 Gray, D. C , et al., Wichita, Kansas 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 1889 Agreement with the Southern Utes in Colorado Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs The commissioner gives a detailed description of the recently negotiated treaty with the Southern Ute Indians. Statutes at Large 1889 Southern Ute Agreement Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs The commissioner clearly states his opposition to the ratification of the agreement made with the |