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Show Living Conditions - 498 Sept. 15, 1888 (?), Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency, Colo. Letter to commissioner of Indian Affairs The handwritten annual report by the Agent responsible for the Southern Utes and the Jicarilla Apache Indians. He comments generally on conditions on the reservations. FRCD/ RG 75 Sept. 24, 1890 Bartholomew, Charles A., Indian Agent, So. Ute and Jicarilla Agency Report of Agent in Colorado Report of the Secretary of the Interior Bartholomew delivers his annual report on conditions at the So. Ute agency- He comments on agriculture, which is hampered by the lack of irrigation facilities; education, which has been temporarily halted for lack of a building; marriage practices; gambling; increased demand for white men's clothing; and quality of rations, which he suggests be alloted once a month instead of once a week, since the Utes make a holiday of allotment day and refuse to do their work. S. S. # 2841/ p. 22- 25 Jan. 9, 1891 Bartholomew, Chas. A., Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Capt. S. H. Lincoln(?), Commanding, Ft. Lewis, Colorado Total number of Moaches, Capotas, and Weeminuches is reported, along with the overall condition of the bands on the reservation. FRCD/ RG 7 5 Oct. 7, 1891 Bartholomew, C A . , Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs The agent reports that a whiskey saloon is about to be established about a half mile from the reservation's northern boundary. He requests aid in preventing this saloon from opening. |
