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Show Water - 719 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. 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 75 Oct. 27, 1900 Day, David, Durango, Colorado Letter to Joseph O. Smith, Indian Agent, So. Ute Agency Day informs Smith that Chief Ignacio and Acawitz visited him to discuss the government failure to live up to the treaty of 1895, one aspect of which was an adobe house for Ignacio. Day also informs Smith that he has read hydrographer Newell's report on watering the unalloted lands. This report concludes that the Utes at Navajo Springs have no water and that the Dolores River is the only source of supply. FRCD/ RG 7 5 1901 Statutes at Large Dec. 1901 to March 1903 Secretary of Interior is authorized to provide for irrigation contract ( p. 266). Feb. 15, 1901 Wigglesworth (?), Engineer, Durango Letter to Joseph O. Smith, So. Ute Agency The engineer submits a map, report and estimates |