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Show NORTHERN UTE MUSIC By FRANCES DENSMORE THE UTE INDIANS4 TRIBAL, NAME.- The word Ute is of disputed origin. In the early treaties with the United States Government and in reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs prior to the year 1859 the Indians now known as Utes were called Utahs. HISTORY.- The Ute ( or Utah) Indians formerly occupied the entire central and western portions of Colorado and the eastern part of Utah, including the eastern part of Salt Lake Valley and the Utah Valley. On the south they extended into New Mexico, occupying much of the upper drainage of the San Juan. 6 The first treaty between the Government of the United States and these Indians was proclaimed September 9, 1850.6 The treaty opens thus: " The following articles have been duly considered and solemnly adopted by the undersigned; that is to say, James S. Calhoun, Indian agent, residing at Santa Fe, acting commissioner on the part of the United States of America [ here follow 26 names], principal and subordinate chiefs, representing the Utah tribe of Indians. " I . The Utah tribe of Indians do hereby acknowledge and declare they are lawfully and exclusively under the jurisdiction of the Government of said States, and to its power and authority they now unconditionally submit.'' A treaty with the Tabequache band of Utah Indians, proclaimed December 14, 1864,7 indicates some progress on the part of these Indians, as it closes with the following clause: " The Government also agrees to establish and maintain a blacksmith shop and employ a competent blacksmith for the purpose of repairing the guns and agricultural implements which may be used by said Indians." In 1868 a treaty was made with the " confederated bands of the Ute Nation" by which they received a large tract of land in the Ter- * This description of the Ute Indians is intended to assist the reader in a sympathetic understanding of the material which follows, and should not be understood as offering exhaustive information on the several headings. 6 Handbook of American Indians, Bull. 30, Bur. Amet. Ethn., pt. 2, pp. 874- 876, Washington, 1910. 6Compilation of Treaties between the United States and the Indian Tribes. Washington, D. C, 1873, pp. 968- 970. ' Ibid., pp. 970- 974. |