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Show Relations with Non- Indians - 531 The citizens of McElmo complain that Ute Indians have stolen their horses and butchered their cattle. The Utes " never go to the agency to get their rations and they are starving most of the time." They request that the Utes be made to stay on the reservation. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 15932 Apr. 11, 1889 Davidson, W. M.(?), River View, San Juan Co., Utah Letter to Agent, Southern Ute Agency, Ignacio Davidson informs the agency that " the Utes are heading for Los Pinos & are trying themselves this Spring just to see how mean & saucy they can be." He requests the agent's help in returning the Utes to their reservation. FRCD/ RG 7 5 Sept. 25, 1889 Morgan, T. J., Commissioner of Indian Affairs Letter to Charles A. Bartholomew, Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency The commissioner responds to Bartholomew's request that the So. Utes be granted permission to leave their reservation for the purpose of hunting. Morgan reminds the agent that the treaty of 1874 states that the Utes can hunt off the reservation as long as there is game and the Utes are at peace with the whites. Both conditions exist, but Morgan cannot consent to their request because of a " lawless class of white people in Colorado" who cause trouble with the Indians. If the Utes choose to exercise their rights they do so at their own risk. FRCD/ RG 75 Oct. 26, 1889 Bartholomew, Charles, Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency Telegram to Commissioner of Indian Affairs The agent says that a council of Ute chiefs deny the commissioner's accusation that troubles exist between Utes and whites. The complaint is sensational as no complaints of trouble have been made to the this agency. |
