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Show Treaties and Agreements - 666 So. Ute Indians in the fall of 1888. He states the relocation is against the wishes of the So. Utes and would hamper the government's effort to civilize this tribe. Statutes at Large 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 7 5, BIA/ 2 057 Sept. 25, 1889 Morgan, T. J., Commissioner of Indian Affairs Letter to Charles A. Bartholomew, Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency The commissioner responds to Bartholomew's request that the So. Utes be granted permission to leave their reservation for the purpose of hunting. Morgan reminds the agent that the treaty of 1874 states that the Utes can hunt off the reservation as long as there is game and the Utes are at peace with the whites. Both conditions exist, but Morgan cannot consent to their request because of a " lawless class of white people in Colorado" who cause trouble with the Indians. If the Utes choose to exercise their rights they do so at their own risk. FRCD/ RG 75 Nov. 21, 1889 Smith, William G., acting governor of Colorado Letter to Benjamin Harrison, President Smith sends to the President a copy of a resolution passed by the citizens of La Plata county, Colorado, wherein they state their reasons for supporting the ratification of the treaty which will remove the So. Ute Indians to new reservation. A copy of the resolution is attached. |
