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Show So will, ' l i s ; wo liko it well, and do not want lo. dispose of it. T think thnf ymi rue all gcMini liied- U- rny and the rommisxioners- asking rjueslions, and tlvat thn nntf'. i'i nugblns well he • nl short, now as lo be continued iitdcfiuilclv. Cimuiihsioiier MCCOOK. I would like to luar limn Knn- c- n- che. and k. mtv vvhMl" i In* cf. nci. i. s in I his decision. All tl. o chiefs can speak well enough to s u j ' } ci or no- w In ther they wish to negoliale or not.. K.\ N|-.- A-(: MI- . . I am of the same opinion Of Cnero. There is no use for tnlki ' c fiuiliT. Commissioner M.' C'ooK. Do a n y other chiefs wish to say anything I 1 have sim. et- li. iig to Miy on behalf, of the commissioner*. A MANA'- III; INDIAN. When two men want to trade, the3" do so: when they do not a- mil to ln. de Ihey do not, nnd they lire still good friends. So. also. will, ns in ibis miMer. - U- IIAV. When ono man gives the opinion of the others, what \ s the use of anting more f They are all united nnd or one voice in thn mailer. Commissioner MCCOOK. I speak now, in what I havo to say to you. imt only on tho pari, of I l. o coinmis- inners, but in behalf of ( he Government. You hive des- lim- d « <> - umkr a new lieaiy will, us. Very well; wo havo no bad fooling nbont it. Our bebngs are jn- t as kindly as when wc cume here. This cannol change either tin- feelings of the Covenm- eni " r of ( ho people here. Tho Imlinus insist upon our standing by Urn old treaty a i d ennui n- g its obligations. That is very Well, ton; but what inns, imviinbly bo the result ol lh. it' The Utes say the white men must not come, upon iheir resci- v. ili. ni. This is the pint ol tho treaty Hint, is to be. fulfilled and re.- pocted by the. whiles. Then, on y » n. r par,, y. n, have agreed in the last, treaty that you will remain upon your icscrvai'mii. Now, one- half ol the Utes here, in this houso listening to me this nmmo. it have net cr been upon the » >•-• ryaiimi until they camo to this council. If you imist upon our t o ,. plying w iili this provi- mm of tho trcnty, wo can havo all thu miners oil' iho reservation by tbo 1st of Decom'. er. )'• it if « o do Ihif. we shall expect you lo comply on your part with I he letter oT iho Ire. Hy. and havo every Indian of the Ulo Nation- Capote, M macho. Woi. inncho, and all others- on tin, rc- ei-valion at the panic time. There aro two sides to every c. ontravt. lfyou ca I on the Govern-incut lo fulfill. In the letter your part of tho contract, go • I ; they will do il, but they will e ,11 upon ihe peoplo and Ihe cliicfs of the Ulo Nation, to fulfill their part of the conn ,- t in iho Same spirit . hat we do ours. So, if 3- 011 say to us, " Have the uiiuois ofi" this rose,>-,.>.•> » > by tho 1st. of December," wo want t i e Moiaehes, Iho Capotes, llm Womb,.. • » ..?, in Ui. ih. nnd all other tribes belonging to tho Uto Nation .0 bo on ibo reservation at the same lime, nnd lo stay tbeio perpetually. Are you all williug to do this, and lo pledge yon, selves 10 have this douo T SHA- AVA- NO. I know tbat Ihe Government has lo comply with its word. Commissioner M.' CoOK. Hut are. you willing to abide by yours / Tell U- rny lo n* k M> a- TVH- IIO if ho is willing to place himself in such a position that ho can never go te JVnvcr again. I see him ihcre. over}" inonil. in I h e year. Agent Tl!< iMl\ s(,. v. There isn't a chief here but who has been to Denver within a year. U-. tAY. 1 understand by tho treaty that if we do no wrong, wc shall be allowed (<• go where we please, even to . he States. 1 Commissioner McCo'. K. Have the miners who have come in hero done any wrong J U- UAY. The Indians say that the miners coming in here, is liko stealing. Commissioner MCCOOK. When tho Indians come lo Denver, their Imrso, eat the white man's guiss. Isn't that equally theft F Grass is j u s t as Ya. uanie .0 the Indian in gold i, 10 tho whim man. StiA- YVA- NO. fleing, as wo aro,' in peace, there is no law that debars any one fio- n go-, g around gaining his living wherever ho can get it. Tho treaty M. lhal nay. I have i . . . t h ig m o r o l o s a y . I am always going to Denver iu peace, but I shall always go hack I" iho . reservation. Commissioner McCooK. Wc shall 1m glnd to ee. e you. But haven't the mines the same right to come down here and make a living? Both have a right to live. SMA- WA- NO. When I go ofi* the reservation, 1 do n o t d i s t u i b 8113 body! I do not dig up the earth. It is a different thing when miners como hi nud dig up the ground. Commissioner M<: C.< » OK. Ask Bha wit- no if ho was over 011 the moiu. tains where ll. c miners a. e. and whether his horses can live there. * / SllA- VVA- KO. It is a great hunting- ground, with . many mountain Khrrp, elk. A c. ami it is of great value to us. Commissioner McCoOK. What wo propose giving in cattle, is worth more, than you will shoot during tho next fivo liundred years. We, do not w- nut pastoral lands. All we want aro tho mountains Avhorn the mines am located, ami which aro of no use ••> the lel- atis. S H A W A N O . Tbe. ro aro animals Ihorc- deer. &.•-- ihat . in- ioase ve. v ! » .->. ' i, winter Ihey rou. o down Irmn the mountains on to tho lower hills ; in thn summi- lie y go up nud raise iheir young. They are. of value lo ns. Commissioner MrUouK. This has drilled into a different channel ( nun what was intended. I wiiul In impress upon iho minds of | h<> Indians ( he m- crssily » d a'ddiog l. v- ll. i, h- He. ••! Urn Ireatv. TI, « > M « Utes have been in Ibo habit of going w h o o v e r Ihey phnt-. d off the , e « . r » a. Ii. » ... null Ihey havo all fold us that iho m i n e s we. o go... l lelbovs, and fed ih.-. n mid w r-kind l„ . hem". J suppose Ihut two- thirds or iho gam., killed by thu Indians every y . n r is |