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Show 2 3(3 fc-87. >: gt.pnrhncni of the ^nttvn^^%^x OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Washington,Foby.l, 1887* C.F.Stollsbeiiuor, Indian Agent, Southern ute Agency, Colorado. I ani in receipt of your l e t t e r of 18th ultimo, wherein, you report that that Weeminuoho Hand of Southern Utos,who live in the extreme western end of -the reservation,have much d i f f i c u l t y on account of the great, distance, deep snow,.high water,'Ac, In .coming to the Agency for rations and that they have therefore requested you 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 b e t t e r s a t i s f i e d and keep them on the reserve more closely,which is very |