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Show Treaties and Agreements - 667 NA, Rg 75, BIA/ 7115 1890 Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 51st Congress, 2nd Session, HR The commissioner reiterates his reasons for opposing the ratification of the 1888 treaty with the So. Ute Indians. He states that the agreement does not represent the wishes of the Utes, would disrupt government efforts to civilize these people, and, if carried out, would give the people an even larger reservation on which it would be easy for them to continue in an " uneducated, uncivilized, semi- savage state." S. S. # 2841/ p. XLIII- IV Jan. 24, 1890 Statements by Southern Ute Chiefs Ignacio and Buck Skin Charley, speaking through an interpreter, tell Blair Bunwell that they and all their people want to move to the new reservation because there they will have summer and winter grazing areas, they will not be surrounded by whites, there is plenty of water and good farm land. The transcripts are signed by several Southern Ute leaders and are verified by witnesses as being authentic statements. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 3843 Jan. 14, 1890 Kumer, Jones, Bluff, Utah Letter to F- A. Hammond, Washington, D. C Kumer requests that Hammond " pull some rope that will bring some relief to the settlers" in Bluff, Utah, who have had their stock stolen by renegade Indians who are acting as if the proposed reservation is theirs already. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 4957 Jan. 17, 1890 Hammond, F. A. Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs |