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Show Removal - 599 Affairs Teller has read newspaper reports of the recent Indian council at the So. Ute Agency during which their removal to Utah was discussed. Teller requests " a copy of any of all reports bearing upon this meeting." NA, RG 75, BIA/ 27056 Jan. 17, 1890 Hammond, F. A. Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hammond informs the commissioner of his participation ( on the night of Oct. 14, 1888) in the negotiations between the Utes and the commission. He says he advised the Ute chiefs that they should sign the agreement because the proposed reservation was superior and they " ought to secure $ 100,000 to boot." Hammond informed the Ute chiefs that if they did not accept the agreement the government " would take them in hand and forcibly remove them, possibly to Florida, or to some other very undesirable location." Hammond feels that the Utes signed the agreement because of his advice. Hammond suggests that a sum not less than $ 200,000 would be fair compensation to settlers for their improvements made on the proposed reservation. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 1637 Aug. 28, 1890 Bartholomew, Charles A., Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs The agent informs the commissioner that the So. Ute Indians met together to discuss the failure of the U. S. government to abide by the conditions of the recent treaty- Some of the Indians say they will go to the new reservation by the 1st of October, whether or not Congress approves the treaty. Bartholomew asks the their gratuity money, which has not arrived as it should have, be forwarded quickly, in order to help settle the tense situation. FRCD/ RG 75 |