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Show Uinta c«ancll, 57. go BOP red for your use, and upon it any ether Indians ©f Utah could be located who might be brought here. Large reservations are a thing of the past, and all surplus lands of Indian reservations will soon be opened to settlement, but the Indians will be assurSd of their homes and compensation for the lands opened. I have explained to you people several times since we have met that the Supreme court ©f the United States rendered a decission on the fifth of January last, nearly five months ago, which gives Congress the power to legislate in regard to Indian reservations with-, out consulting the Indian. It matters not how the reservation was established, whether by treats'- ©r by order of the President of the United States. Under that decision, Congress has enacted legislation which has become a law and received the signature of the President which opens your reservation, aa I have explained to you. You seem to be under the impression that this Act Is going to take away from you all your land, but such is not the case: Congress has provided that you will redeive compensation for all lands outside of your allotnaarts . The proceeds will go into the Treasury of the United States for your benefit. After you receive your ye.%Hf allotments the line which you say is so heavy that it cannot be moved will be obliterated and the surplus land, except 250,000 acres reserved for grazing, will be opened for settlement. You can take your allotmenta anywhere within your present boundary line, but they are to be irrigable lands, that is,- land that can be watered by irrigation. The 256,000 acres will be reserved as common grazing ground for you people,- that tract is to be located south of the Strawberry River,- it cannot be north of the Strawberry River. After you receive your allotments, the rest is open for settlement aad can be located upon by persons desiring to come into the country. This land will be taken under the public land laws ef the United States, All homesteaders proving up upon their claims will have to pay $1.25 per acre into the treasury to your credit. Provision is made by the .ct of ongress that pan are |