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Show Inter- Tribal Relations - 379 Endorsement Explains request for information not possible because of inter- marriage of tribes and that the Indians do not themselves know to what tribe they belong. May 2, 1908 Wood, J. H.(?) Sheriff, San Juan County Testimony Utes assisted by Navajos in resisting arrest. Utes attitude toward arrest; one arrest viewed as offence to entire band. Utes " claim right to settle all disputes of their own." Wood associated Indians with white criminal elements and recommended Indians would be more " civilized" by farming than stock- raising. Young Indians are more lawless than the old. NA/ RG 75/ 38246- 08 Jan. 21, 1909 Captain, 5th Cavalry, Acting Agent, Uintah & Ouray Agency Letter to Supt. of So. Ute Agency Uintah and Ouray Agency checks with So. Ute Agency re: possible duplication of annuity payments to Indians. July 7, 1910 Werner, Charles F., Supt., So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs George Bent, Buckskin Charley, and Charles Shoshoni request pensions on account of their having enlisted as soldiers in the U. S. Army in 1866 or 1867, during which time they helped subdue the Kiowa Indians. Werner requests that the pensions be paid. Mar. 17, 1913 (?), Capt., U. S. Army, Supt., So. Ute Agency Letter to Richard McCloud, Judge, Probate Court, Durango |
