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Show lAy « $ I'rf'-r in i•!•/(/ fo //ir fiJh'ii-iiifi - A 2369-87 OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington, Feby* -1,1687. C.F.Stollsteimer, X Indian Agent, Southern ute Agency, Colorado. SIP: I am in receipt of your l e t t e r of 18th ultimo, wherein yon report that that Weeminuche Hand of Southern Utes,who live in the extreme v/estern end of the reservation,have much difficulty on account of the great, distance, deep snow,high w a t e r , ^ c , in coming to the Agency for rations and that they have therefore requested yon to establish at Navajo Springs,a point located near the western end of the reserve,a depot from which their proportion of subsistence could be issued to them weekly,and you recommend that t h e ir request be complied with principally for the reason that i t will tend to make them better satisfied and keep them on the reserve more closely,which is very ?( A |