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Show -5- that if tho White River Utes of Colorado by giving up their lands in that State acquired such a right or title to the Uintah reservation as to enable them to rent or lease a portion of it as Indians who have "bought and paid" for the same, and the benefits to arise from such leasing must necessarily accrue to all the Indiana of the reservation, all of such Indians, within the meaning of the law, can rightly be held to be Indians occupying lands t.ho havo 'bought and paid" for the same. But aside from the occupanay of said reservation by the IThito River Ute3 of Colorado, from tho provisions of sections two and throe of the said Act of toy 5,18$4, it clearly appears that Congress intended to sot aside said reservation for the permanent homo of said Indians as though they had bought and paid for it within the meaning of the law. In view of the laws and treaties relating to the Indians occupying the Uintah Reservation, and in the li^it of the opinion of the Assistant Attorney Gonoral of the Department relative to the Omaha Indians.above quoted,Agent T7augh was advised that it was the opinion of this offioe that the sur-, • x plus lands on the Uintah reservation might be leased for grazing purposes under the provisions of said section three, |