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Show XLIV BEPORT OF THE COMMIS8IONEB OF INDIAN b.FPAIBB. out the agreement mude with these Indians to protect them from the introsions of white men or the new reservation. Fourth. The proposed removal under the stipulated conditions is at varianae with the genersl polioy nhioh the Government ia now applying to the solution of the In-dikn problem. Instead of allotting to these Indians their land, and teaching thew how to utilize their allotments, the proposed plan would place thew upon a reserve-tion three times- large as the present one andanconrage them in the idea that they may continue for an indefinite period in that uneducated, uoeiviliead, semi-savage atate in which they now ace. Fifth. The difficulties of administration, if anything is to be accomplished in the asy of ci'vilisation of this little band, will be vastly greater on the proposed reserva-tion than they arc on the present. Sixth. No proper effort has ever been made by the Government looking towards their civilization. It is my firm conviction that under proper efforts these Indians oan, atno distant day, become self-supporting, intelligent citizens of the State of Colorado. Seventh. This little band constitutes the last remnant of Iutlisns in the great State of Colorsdo, and in comp%rison with the number of Indians in other States-South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, California, etc.-iavery smallindeed. Removal merely ' shifts the burden of their presence from Colorado to Utah and delays their final oivili-zation. As above stated, the Southern Utes are .the only Indians now re. maining in Colorado, and they number less than two thousand. Minne-sota, Michigan, and Wisconsin each have over three times as many, Montana five, and California six times as mauy,NorthDnkotaand South Dakotafour and ten timesas many, respectively, and the State of Wash-ington five times as many; so that in the distribution of our Indian population, to those who regard their presence as a detriment, Colorado seems to hare been much more fortunate than many of her sister States. ALLOTMENTS. ALLOTMENT OF LAND IN SEVERALTY ON VARIOUS RESERVATIONS. As already atated, general authority for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians located on any reservation created by law, treaty, or executive order, with exceptions noted, was conferred by the act of February 8,1887 (24 Stats., 388). , Special authority for making allotments to Indians ocoupying eer-taiu reservations is found in the treaties made with sucll Indians. Un-der the opinion of t,he Assistant Attorney-General (G. L. D., 392), the provisions of such treaties relating to allotments'were not repealed by the act of 1887, and are, therefore, still in force. Spectal authority for making allotments to certain Indians has been conferred by the acts of Congress as' follows: Umatilla Indians, in Oregon, by the itct of March 3, lSS5 (23 Stats., 340) ; Sioux ludians, in the Dakotas, by the act of March 2,1889 (25 Stats., 888); Confederated Wea, Enskaskia, Peoria and Piankeshaw Indians, and the Western Miami Indians, in the Indian Territor)., by the act of March 2,1889 (25 Stats. 1013). The act of January 14, 1889 (25 Stata., 642), "For |
