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Show U. S. I N D I A N SERVICE, Uintah and Ouray Agency, White Rocks, Utah, September 1, 1897. Honorable Commissioner of* Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. sir: I have the honor to state that I met the White River Utes in Bcotm cil" on the 28th ultimo,at- their solicitation, and at their urgent request I lay before you the gist of their talk. I trill remark in the premises that I talked to them on three different occasions previously and on each occasion they said about the same thing on the subjects herein mentioned. ^7^he-prinaip^l^s?e^er^ (chief of the White Rivers) Marcisco and Catoomp. On the 28th Sowawick did most of the talking. During his speech he ras supported by those present by their exclamations of assent. He said that they "do not want any fences, that the Reservation line is fence enough ." Meaning that they do not want allotments in severalty, that they do not want any fences separating their lands or farms into individual or family holdings. That theyMdo not want any ditches made:" that they ndo not want any of their land cut off. * Meaning that they do not want any part of their Reservation thrown open. That they ndo not want any white man to farm any land for the Indians: " that they ttdo not want any logs nor posts cut." Referring in this last remark to house logs and fence posts |
