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Show •z Z7 -6- of it vvas taken in allotment. In their late report the conmission- /ers state that tiiero are several thousand acres subject to allot-ment to the Uncompahgre Indians on the Duchesne River - good pgiicultural land and perfectly adapted to their wants. They think that there is enough o.f this fine land there to .furnish agricultural allotments to two or three hundred of the Uncomoah-gres. This, of course, is an entirely insufficient quantity. But Lhe coirniissi oners observe that shove the eight mile limit on the Duchesne there is. ample land of fine quality to supply farms and homes for the entire Uncompahgre tribe, taking in, o.f course, the land already bel onging to the Unccmpshgres below the eight mile limit. It is rightly stated, however that this land (above the eight mile limit) belongs to the Uintah Indians and can only be secured by negotiations with them. They suggest, however, that there would be no 'difficulty in negotiating for its purchase on reasonable terms, inasmuch as the Uintahs and Uncompahgres are very friendly. # Probably this assumption is correct, and the auLhority to negotiate with the Uintahs cited in this report lp.2) would, it is believed, cover negotiations for the accomplishment of this object. But if tho Uncompahgres, by reason of the requirement that they must pay $1.^.5 per acre for their lands, object to takirg al- |