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Show Land - 427 Peterson, W. M., Supt, Ft. Lewis School Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Peterson informs the commissioner that he has received no complaints of depredation. The Utes that have left the reservation were forced to do so because lack of water makes the reservation uninhabitable during the summer. Many Utes have lived in San Juan County long before any county division was made and white settlers have tried to force them off this land. FRCD/ RG 75 Oct. 24, 1904 Peterson, W. M., Supt., Ft. Lewis School Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Peterson submitted details on locations and type of terrain, allotment numbers, and Indian and English names of owners of those allotments on the Animas River to be crossed by the Arizona & Co. Railroad. Peterson specified the need for culverts to divert water flow of those irrigation ditches crossed by any road or highway. Nov. 22, 1904 Peterson, W. M., Supt., Ft. Lewis School Letter to T. M. Woodward, State Game and Asst Commissioner Peterson informed Woodward that he warned all So. Ute Indians of Navajo Springs against breaking game laws. Peterson also that the Utes would have to leave the Reservation, due to complete lack of water. Dec. 5, 1904 Peterson, W. M., Supt., Ft. Lewis School Letter to Frank Mead, Gen. Supt, Indian Reservation, Phoenix, Arizona Peterson asks Mead to visit the So. Ute Reservation to witness severe water shortage that forces all but nine of 500 Utes off the land. Peterson comments ironically about the futility of monthly reports of Indian industrial conditions, |