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Show 81626 - Zv ?, X^ • / VV vwV V April £ 3rd, 1925. U;; The Eonorablo, l - r i: :• Si. Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Sir: As was directed in the Office's letter of tho 30th ultimo, marked as is shown above, Superintendent K. :-:. McKean, Special Allotting Agent A. W. Simington, and I mot at the Hefferaan Trading Post at Oljeto in southern Utah on Saturday evening, April 18th. After going twenty miles farther from there over a most difficult road the following day tho Havajo Whitehorse and seven other Havajo and Paiuto Indians wore mot near tho Douglas Spring by Douglas Mesa. It was learned that within the last four days the controversy of long standing between the Navajo Whitehorse and tho Paiuto Miko had come to a crisis by a fight between Whitehorse' 9 younger brother and a Paiute employed by Hike. fthitehorse's brother was the offender In that he had taken down a fence that was built by Mike and his helpers when ho wanted to got to a spring on ah allotment belonging to Mike or a member of his family and from whioh he was taking water for use in building a house on one of the Whitehorse allotments. Both sides of the Gaso were heard and discussed and tho parties in the fight finally shook hands and agreed to end their enmity. It was explained again to Whitehorse and his followers that under no circumstances must they take water from any of tho Mike allotments - without permission, regardless of their need, and that they have no right to this individual property of another man. Whitehorse was reluctant to concede this definite ownership im< x contended that when Mr. Simington made allotments in this particular section there was not considered a right ho had established to a certain spring, resulting in the land around this spring being allotted to a member of Mike's family aftor ho, Whitehorse, had expended more than i£ 00 to develop more water and improve tho spring. He was told that regardless of hi3 contention tho right to |