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Show Land - 425 May 16, 1904 Smith, Joseph 0., Agent, So. Ute Agency, and E. A. Nock, Rep., Denver & Rio Grande Co. Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Manager of the Denver & Rio Grande RR Co. Smith and Nock report that $ 3,290 restitution to So. Ute Indians for constructed railroad in 1888 on the reservation, is unpaid. So. Ute Indians claim this compensation according to negotiations for 1881 between Col. Page, agent at Ignacio, and the railroad company. Smith and Nock support the Ute claim and detail course of railway through reservation and finances, including interest owed by the Railroad. May 23, 1904 Smith, Joseph O., Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Smith details the So. Ute claim to compensation for right of way of railroad constructed on the Reservation in 1888. Distance, width, and course of railway detailed. Amount of compensation according to acreage and accumulated interest also detailed. Original government price per acre equals $ 1.25. Smith strongly in favor of payment of claim. Smith investigated claim jointly with E. A. Nock of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. June 11, 1904 Peterson, W. M., Supt., Ft. Lewis School Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Peterson asks if Mancos Jim, who has lived for many years on a piece of land off the Southern Ute Reservation, can be protected from squatters who are trying to get him off the land. FRCD/ RG 75 June 13, 1904 Smith, Joseph 0., Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Smith stated that the Utes displayed little |