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Show HIP iH!#7 ^ " ^ - * -* * *- l M § » 7 - 0T e^ <•', \ &w; Pashln.ctcr*, De^ynbsr 11,1888. « i • .- ' ._t:., ill:. J Ly/ , .7>feJ • % P n J. T> I t , utaio tTtah« w i t • :?. erring to you? l e t t e r of Osto^r n JB88,complaining that Thite sheep-man ive in tr.e h a l i t of ;;?i^nH- i«rS« nerds of she^p on tho Southern Ute reservation,the'r- -ny depriving the I.n-rii* i.nt z--. t h e Huste.n&ncs they require for V/eir own flocks,and compelling theo to leave the reservation in. search of feed,! have to A&z" that I nave investigate j. the caoe.&nJ from tho statements of the Agent in charge of the reservation,I have reason t o believe that you have cee;< -nisinformed dS to the extent of the trespass complained of. It is no douht trua that sheep-n-ien sometimes drift t h e i r flock*? across the reservation in'order to get into the San Juan country south.to winter there,but the Agent declares t h a t it is not true that * they grase the ^holo length of the reservation" and he s t a t e s that i t would be impossible"for them to do so,even if they -ere so disposed .owing- to the rugged nature of tne country Very respectfully, (Larratse) %LZ>* /C* &&ZAA<;, Ccnrnissionar. |
