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Show .'- y -ow ,.y •O.'Y!; / _.A •', - - ' f 'F" 33/i ... cr. D E P A R T M E N T OF THE INTERIOR ZD Requests fO-- information. UNITED STATES INDIAN SERVICE Uintah and Ouray Indian Agency, Fort Duchesne, Utah. August S, 1914. . :<: '-,• -fy::. • ;....-:. w.-.-- 3 Commissioner of Indian Affairs, YoWashington,' D.C. Sir:77y77.' Walter, Daniels, a half-blood of this reservation, ! 'A'OA ".', .;•'' . "'"3 j^J I was.fishing in one of the streams on the Indian Grazing re- 37 I serve recently and had not bought a license to hunt or fish CM ^ . as is reouirsd by the state law. Ke was observed bv a dec- / -vA) | uty game warden and a complaint was sworn to by the warden CA * v-i j before a local Justice of the Peace and a warrant was issued i V) j and Walter was arrested by a local constable. ' j ./alter appealed to me for an opinion as "35) whether A i ) i or not it is necessary for him to buy a license to hunt or fish on the Federal Reserve and in the light of existing treaties I advised him that I doubt whether he can be forced to procure a license. I agreed to write the Office foe ar. official opinion on the subject. The Justice has agreed to withold further action in the matter until such time as the opinion of the Office is obtained, o 7 -yy• It seems that In one of tho orld treaties, the Uncompahgre Indians were guaranteed the right to hunt on the land3 of their reservation, 30 long as the game lasted and they were at peace with the-, white people. This treaty seems to have been reaffirmed and extended so as to include A AUG - 3- 1314 |