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Show Land - Mesa Verde - 474 Indian relics on Southern Ute Reservation, especially in area of Mancos Canyon. Only So. Utes permitted to dig for such relics. Advice requested re: prisoners arrested for thieving. Feb. 6, 1892 Bartholomew, C A . , Agent, So. Ute Agency Telegram to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Bartholomew informs commissioner of the arrest of four Americans for digging up Indian relics. Apr. 2, 1892 Secretary, Board of World's Fair, Mangers for Colorado Letter to C A . Bartholomew, So. Ute Agency Bartholomew is informed that D. W. Ayres of Durango would inspect the relics at So. Ute Agency in connection with historical dept. of the World Fair's supervision of Indian relics from southwest Colorado. June 16, 1894 Day, David F., Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Reports on the cliff dwellings and relics on the Southern Ute Reservation. Recommends keeping them in the reservation because Indians will not disturb them. Also, recommends southeastern Utah be preserved because of the vast ruins to be found there. NA/ RG 75/ 2 3717 June 8, 1901 Smith, Joseph O., Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Mrs. Virginia McClurg, Colorado Springs The Utes at Navajo Springs refuse to lease the land on which are found the Mesa Verde ruins. The agent asks Mrs. McClurg to help in persuading them to sign. |