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Show Military Relations - 507 Indians in bad spirit on account of 9th Cavalry presence investigating alleged Indian depredations. He also reports that it is difficult to obtain Capote and Weeminuche band census and that military officers have arrived for negotiation with Utes for their removal from this part of the Ute reservation. S. S. # 1850 Sept. 19. 1878 Weaver H. F., Agent, So. Ute Agency Letter to E. A. Hoyt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Comments from the various bands of Southern Utes is recorded concerning the transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department. 1879 Athearn, Robert G., ed. " Major Hough's March into Southern Ute County, 1879," The Colorado Magazine, Vol. XXV, No. 3; May, 1948. Edited letters from Major Alfred L. Hough to his wife, which recount the events of his participation in the 22nd Infantry's response to the attack on the White River Agency by the Northern Utes. He led a large contingent of soldiers into Southern Ute territory to prevent the Southern Utes from joining the warring Northern Utes. Dec. 4, 1879 Hoyt, E. A. O, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Letter to H. F. Page, Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency, Animas City, Colorado Letter responding to Capt. H. L. Mitchell's complaint that Indians of the So. Ute Agency " are in the habit of committing depredations" upon the people of La Plata County, Colorado. The Commissioner request Page to investigate the matter and, if necessary, use measures of restraint to keep the Indians on the reservation. FRCD/ RG 7 5 |