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Show Crime - 134 investigate damages to grasslands, timber and cattle attributed to So. Ute Indians. July 6, 1888 Acting Commissioner, Office of Indian Affairs Letter to T. McCunniff, So. Ute Agency Depredation claim No. 1317 of L. B. Maxwell for $ 5,175 against Utah and Apache Indians enclosed for submittance to the Council of Indians so charged. Mar. 5, 1891 Bartholomew, C. A., Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Lewis T. Scott, Ft. Lewis Bartholomew responds to Scott's complaint that a horse he had received in a trade with a So. Ute Indian was stolen by the Indian. Bartholomew will investigate the matter. June 10, 1891 Bartholomew, C. A., Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Bartholomew forwards papers from the office files which deal with accusations of depredations committed by So. Ute Indians. He gives the names of whites involved and dates of the papers. June 4, 1895 Kidd, Meredith H., Commissioner to the Utes Letter to D. M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Reports Indians are too primitive to justify giving them allotments. Eastern land is not suitable for farming successfully. Advises sending all the Indians to the western part. Includes: " An Indian Tragedy out on Chicken Creek" from the Mancos Times. NA/ RG 75/ 47505 |