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Show 7 V y ;W, T\'A' , , './ to .'X/i.'.X-.-.;.• VL1"-',i Lsnd» i > .»* » 7242-1892. <-'A A- • > r OFFICE Or INDIAN AFFAIRS. - --' VASJ-JIKG. IN, ..March,!,;.. ,1892* Robert fraugh, Esq., U.3. Indian Agent, Uintah and Ouray Agency* Diite Itaofcs, Uintah Co*, Utah* Sir: /}u^ Shis offioe is in receipt c£ your letter of the 15th iaole&ft in tfoich you state that in the extreae western end of your reservation, coirenonly known as 0Strattberry Valley*, and comprising nearly one-fifth.of the reservation, or about 40,000 acres and for many yeai<3 practically monopolized by cattle men and upon irhich grazing fees have been paid annually, amounting to from $4,000 to S3,000 per annum, will, under the late orders, excluding all stockmen, become practically worthless to the Indiana, as they have not acquired or are they likely to have for years, ctook eoou^h to oonatsae the pasture; that the lands are not only \yorthless but will be a souroe of endless trouble, expense and annoyance to keep trespassers off; that it is remote from the agenoy, from 76 to 100 miles, and in the Strawberry Volley proper where the A |