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Show Copy Uintah Agency, Utah, April 8, 1887. W. A. Byrnes, Esq., U. S. Indian Agent, Uintah & Ouray Agency, Utah. S i r : - I have the honor to report my a c t i o n s under your i n s t r u c t i o n s of the 2Srd ultimo- With the small escort of Cavalry furnished by General Hatch, Commanding Fort DuChesne, reached Rangely, Colo-, at the .•junction of White River and Douglas Creek, Sunday 27th u l t - There wore many Indians on the ground awaiting me and I immediately d i s patched a runner to bring in a l l others who could be found. The next morning there were p r e s e n t McCook, Augustine and t h e i r followers numbering f i f t e e n lodges, and most of the followers of the Colorow b r o t h e r s , numbering about t h i r t y l o d g e s . . I then counselled wit h the Indians and p l a i n l y told them my b u s i n e s s . I s t a t e d to McCook and h i s band 1 had no business with them; that the Indian Dept- had pledger! i t s e l f to p r o t e c t them and make them the legal owners of t h e i r lands, and I hoped and believed would do so in the near future- Permit me t o scat e hero til at these Indians are q u i e t, p e a c e a b l e and well behaved; they have improved t h e i r l o c a t i o n s on White River within five to ten miles of the Reservation, with i r r i g a t i n g d i t c h e s , c o r r a l s , 8zG. and show an evident d e s i r e to earn an honest l i v e l i h o o d . Their case is a very deserving one, and has been brought to the a t t e n t i o n of the Indian Office time and time a ;a i\ t - I then s t a r t e d down White River to l o c a t e the r e s e r v a t i on |