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Show REPORT OF THE UTE COMMISSION. but he ww unable to aupply them. We had ~ 1 s~n a0ge ncy two-horse team and driver. The latter hauled our cooking utensils, mesa chest, tent and fly, 8, couple of saddles, &o., and in the boot of the former our bedding was carried. E a ~ vhh icle also otbrried some grain for the animals. We took no militerg. escort with us. The work of exploration was completedon the 16th of J u l ~a,n d on the 17th, having no furt.her use for the ambulance and t,eam fornished by the military, I directed the driver toreturn with then, to Fort Lewis. The tent and fly were retained for the time being a t the agency, the aocommodatio~~thse re being so limited that I deemed this necessarg.. In traveling over the valleys of the rivers named I endeavored to make an approxi-mate estimate of the quantity of arable land in ~ a c hth at could a t a reassonable cost be irrigated, and thna prepared for o~iltivation. I eonoloded that in all these rallaya the %reage of arable land wonld hardly he suffioieot to give to each Ute Indian the quandity specified in the agreement. Ontha highlands adjacent to the valleys, thongh not in a oompaot body, the requisite quantity uf grazing land may I think. he oh-tained, notwithstanding oooaiderable portions of theae lands are abso\utely birren. When I tirat reached the aoenoy the Denver and Rio GrandeRaiIrod hadentered the reservation in the oonstnxcti?vn of its rond-bed or grade within the amne. Permission had been granted by the government to thisrailroad tolocate its linethrough the Ute lands, but no arrangement had heem made with the Indians for oou~pensationfo r the right of way or for mat.eria1 used in the construction of bhe road. The Utes called m,r attention to the matter and said thev wanted oomoenratioo. Tliev were advised rlltt ra i~, t r r i~.wni, ~ l atl tr pn,grrci, of rh; wurk. to I;..& smar aa far n; p#,r.;tl,lef rom all c o n ~ t r ~lt~.+~rci!vi8g ~.~~>~g k~t,,~I vwdt rk utt T I # * , gvdtlt., a,.,] rvly up<,!n I l l ? g c ~ v ~ ~ ~ i ! ~ ~ v n t to see h i v d I . 'I'L lev tllti ~ O UII itnv timv rlbttt 1 nru a\vare of in-terfere witL any part,ies at work on the ioad, or place iny obstacles in the way of its rapid constructi6i. Earlv in June. and when the eeent and mvself were on the La Plata, the work of ln,ving'thn Ira*k '\v;aa co~t~pl,:Iet;1u? n ~ma r * r ;i~n, New \lax!c.,,, to n point uu ll,c YZII Juart wilhin the rr.arr\nltun: and al.l.an~t,~sl>nr8 i l l I I IO~ ~ ICCOTI *~i lrq'iuy1 11'1 freichr dcrri#~rrdt, D~r,inzo.h tninlas L ' i l v . inrotl 0rlw1. ~uinf8.In \. 1xil lo Tlle D.tn Juan. He&. town wm atooncees~~blisbedoallehdrb oles. Inzrudeia i&lrlediatelycomnlenced to stake off lots anderect temporary houses. Oo onr return to the agenoy the Indians informed m thiht the ahiteman wereon thelnnd of thaUtes, eyer on the Sill1 JU~aInId, expressed great disustisfaction. The agent and u~yself visited the new town-site clud foundseveral "ChieS.go honses" erected, and material on hand forot.hers. They were informed that they were intruders on the reservation, and that they nlust retire and tako their effeots with them. This they were nut disposed to do. The agent tele-graphed the facts to the department, and we returned to the agency to await a reply and iustrnctions. The a,qe.ent, before leaving, repeatedhis ndmanition, and again bid the intruders to retire. I t was severel days before he received sreply to his di~patch, when hereturnedto Arholes. In his absence several saloons were put into full blast, and two danoe-housea wero erect~d. Agent Page persevered in his work until all the intruders, with t,heir effects, were reutored. His suoceaa was very gratifying to the Indians. Amonn the bnildines emoted were houses for the stora,ze of fmizht brought by rail, to Re transfarredto mapous, and thonce carried to Durango Znd other points. These were not disturbed. - In a few daysall the teems that had been engaged in taking up the freight at Amsrgo, and hauling the same through to Durango, kc., by a road that passed north of the reservation, were transf-rred to end tooknp the freight at Arboles. The travel from thrs~ n.l ace to Duraueo nasscd neoessarilv some thirty or more miles throngh the rtwrrv:~tion. 'The I I I I ~ ~o&f t ea!nLI(.mplls{e~1i0 this w;rk \ T R ~~ B ~ V P I U I I . . 50m>ti!1ll.~ ms,ru rlnm uue 11t11111pr~e-rt lA ny p.~+s+bdy tho a<vncv. I.:;och rentn in u>akiun n rrip ramne 1 eeveral niel l l on T I I r~e9 erviltion. c ~ u ~ ~ ~ ~ ~<t1i1nt3~~'1t1Ilh~ld ei:t ni(d t,illl.d li8r tltri; alo<k, and , t ing rhe a 3od for fnh-I: This i~~niw~ttrs:"~ rel3,0 awide!tl~t l~rown inru 118,: rr$cr\stic,$l,\ rar verp cli.l:#.irc.iul to rho l u l i~n *a.n al n 8<,srr+ of u!ren\ill.sd i d an arielv to rlre nceut awl rnvwlf. Tltir rr;$rcll asrvd l'or tifry duy * , rdrad until 111.. tral.k \IRS iaid anti <:#ins ~ ~ , , , ~ ~ ; , rel,t~on~irnr~rl h 1.,,11gIrt u D# ~ r i l n ~ , ,\.\' z llvgcd rhe I~ldianrto reruaia qnilt, rok~~l,nu-.aIyro lu, null tl8818 x\uid c o ~ ~ ~ l i ~ ! ~rllca. i\\lagha,ll L trairoa irnvcllnr rhrourh rhe rr~ervatio#t.I t i r 1,ut J ~ ~ ! P j! C~ ~ . 1r0i th~e~w wilt1 ltleil 10 atate that thefkollfollowe~o tiredvioe and behaved thomseireiin a. eon~mendablem anner. They, however, expuot, en& inmy judgment are entitled to, a fair compensation for the damage8 ~ustalued. When Iwent to thesouthern Agency, Ifound theprevailing opinionwas that allthe S,m.~ ~t.,h emIT tes hv the terns of the ameement were to bere~navedt o aodloo~tedo n the ~ ~~ ~ ~ .. La l'l;tta Kiwr in! Colorado bud \.by~ \ I n t i ~ ~1.1 e a d mnfidn~~rclvx p < c ~ . ~rdll al i o n brtrf ritw the vnll*ya ut the Animaa, Florida, 1.0s I'lt~ua. &\.I,., uCG!ltl 11, open 10 OI.CII-rna! t~s,n- ~rtud~ ar-rri eulr~tb r whire neonlt.. Th + ssrrlrra in rhroc vrlleys uurth o t the ~~~~ ~~ reservation were impati&t to ent i rai~dp ossess the lmd ; and when itbecame known that I had instrnoted the oontrsotors for surveying, on the completion of their workon |
