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Show / 3 dlans seen, I will notify the Agent these troops will aid him in securing the return of such of his Indians as may be off and keep them there if possible. There is no doubt Southern Utes will go there and are obliged to for subsistence. The Western Indians 8re too far away to obtain supplies, x x The moral effect' of the presence of troops it is believed will quiet apprehension of both the whites and Indians,and trouble is not now apprehended. Fom other military reports on file in this office it appears there area lot of Pah-Utes in the Blue Mountains under the leadership of "Mancos Jim". They are said to be renegade Utes and Navajos. They inhabit the Blue Mountains in summer and spend their winters in the vicinity of the settlements south of the San Juan. The same reports show that some of the Bands of Southern Utes are drawn to them in summer on account of better water,grass,hunting,&e. From your report it seems that the Indians you propose to look after,are permanent residents in the Blue Mountains, not temporary absentees from the reservation. If said Indians actually belong to either of the Southern Ute Bajids occupying the Southern Ute Reservation,they ought to be permitted to come in and settle with them on the reservation; but as it appears from your statement that their names are not on the Agency rolls,which fact leads to the conclusion that they were not present and took no part in the |