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Show Hunting and Fishing - 356 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 May 16, 1893 Bartholomew, Charles, Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Bartholomew refutes the information contained in Governor Waite's letter to the President. He denies that the So. Ute Indians have been leaving the reservation in great numbers to hunt. He praises the Southern Utes for their excellent behavior and their willingness to do as the government asks. In the recent confrontation between the Navajo and white settlers, the So. Ute were willing to take up arms to protect the settlers. NA, RG 75, BIA/ 18652 Aug. 12, 1893 Bartholomew, Charles, Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to General A. McD, McCook, U. S. Army Bartholomew informs the general that the So. Ute Indians who are off the reservation to hunt, do so by right of a treaty. The Indians will not harm the settlers as long as they are left to do what they have a right to do. The governor of Colorado should be encouraged to restrain his people from threatening violence and unlawful interference with these Indians. FRCD/ RG 75 Oct. 24, 1903 Jones (?), W. S., Commissioner of Indian Affairs Letter to J. M. Woodard, State Game & Fish Commissioner, Denver, Colorado The commissioner responds to Woodard's complaint that Utah and New Mexico Indians are hunting in |
