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Show Living Conditions - 501 Smith submits his annual report on conditions at his agency. S. S # 4101/ p. 213- 214 Sept. 24, 1900 Smith, Joseph O., Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to Commissioner of Indian Affairs Smith responds to the commissioner's telegram of Sept. 17, concerning the anticipated trouble with So. Ute Indians who have left the reservation. Smith denies there is any danger to white settlers. The So. Ute Indians yearly leave the reservation during the summer in order to find food for themselves and their stock. These people do not steal horses or cattle, nor do they threaten the lives of women and children. The stock men " spread the alarm of an impending masssacre, hoping thereby to have the Indians driven back to their reservation in spite of the fact they could not exist there." Smith again implores the commissioner to deliver the promised water system. FRCD/ RG 7 5 Aug. 25, 1902 Smith, Joseph O., Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency Report of Agent for Southern Ute Agency Report of Agents and Others in Charge of Indians Smith submits his annual report on conditions at the So. Ute Agency. He comments on the success of the Utes who have alloted lands and the impoverished condition of those on the western reservation, who are still without the promised irrigation system. S. S. # 4458/ p. 179- 180 Aug. 1, 1904 Peterson, W. M., Supt., Ft. Lewis School Letter to T. M. Patterson, Denver, Co. Peterson invites Senator Patterson to visit the Agency and witness the condition of the Utes. Travel directions from Denver to Mancos included. |