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Show -3- - > , • I be pleased to have an expression of your opinion on /•the following points: -,.._, n^, • i 3 the item of appropriation raferrad to ;• :..- \ •'".;'a•v ayi:l: \ab lfea irfso r tuos ep reayv etnht e sCuofmfmeirsisnigo naenrd woafn tI ndaimaonn g Afth-e absentee !? Y\'.' Utes after they shall have returned to thair own. •Y. Reservation in fttah? '' " 2 . Is the Commissioner of Indian Affairs au- 7; thoriaed to-expand any part of the appropriation by making small payments of cash to individual Indians 7/i; '-. a.3-i.\ suggested b y tha Acting Agent or must the ax-'-' penditure be made by tho purchase of:supplies and the issue thereof to the individual Indians as the • " : ' X. yi i ,*,,'»:'v'' • i.y.\ ••',., ,-,. rst \ ' need may arise?T . , •\ & '-"; ' ':'•', • ? "' - ''-:•' '//'.'•'': • 7 ^9 questions ask^d In the order named, ara an- • • • \ .-' > J . .' ,", ' . . . - • -• swered as follows: •;.-'> ;.-•"' ' ' ' , . .. c, .' '•:•' V~ , Y 1. The want and suffering among tha absentee ;Yl7' ;•'• -.' Utes; arises -orimarily through their absenting them- , - ,7" Y.Y.---'- m!« :'ly- ' . • ' *M •'"< 'y'^y •Y'v''YY' • iY 7 selves from their-reservation; .but, while that may 7 . ,/ ~ Y yy77 > '';^,'*','•'.• , , 'YjY' ' ' , ,'-7,Y' •-;'•' ' •' .'•',- ;.'• :7Y7,Y!-';YYY..?.! '•y>-:v:y'y''• \ • ;?be the causa of; their want and suffering, the pur-• , .'.'??by'!?'•' 7-V--" •Yvr7,\v •'.•• ; ' Y... i •; v. , :,,.„.•' »,•-••-.• , •• - . < • ' ,•.;", Vj • l' •': '" - ';•'; •' 'P% 7'< pose of thei appropriation Is their relief; and in the . y y'.y •;, f :"•' -., -7-?h>yy?- . • •• .y.\ a•b-s. ence of a•n y-- -p-; r:o•v•i's,i'on-,' i. n th•e . a•p.p ropriation limit- , /: .'!•; ' •'<" .?y7r!'v7> Y •' -;• 1 •? y-y', .•-••'- - " • > , '• •' •'. ' " ,. '•-• :' •• Y; ,•':' ,'7YY: - ,-•-;:;;.: , ,ing the relief'. to during absence from the reserva- '-" ty:-'-" :j'yy:v '• '- ' ?:•. "7, 7" \ i ": U/-Y YY'-!"? •! '"':' 7 7'-.-v" " ' • 7 ,. '.'Y^..- . .7Y?Y^,7 ,• '';'/7,7tion, -if. the;" want -and; suffering continues on their ' '^777'7'': .<£$%}•>.% :.--J'i! • '•'•'•,. '-•' ' '• •• fiy- ' --''a'-' -,-.'7-^v •'• -" ' Y>7|77. Y> . - y. return.to theYrasarvation,,1' amilof; opinion, tha . ap-oro-,-,,',.-\- Y?Y77\ • ./•' 7 f'/j.'/f' ' : ;?---'• ; [r.'iYi.. ' •'-• ' Y;_v "; ' ' YY;, -,," 77'7''; '; \f priation Is-available for their relief; it being u n - ' 7 ? t Y y '• '••'•' '•' _'• -: i ' YU-> ! • \ ,\:'.v'',,. derstood that the use of tha approoriation Is limited i '• . . , , , . - . * ' -- '-,! .'' -:'• ' . . ' ' • . 1 \ > I •' to those absentee Utes whose want .and, suffer irg 7 7, •- ' yi , . • • ' , !•",..• .- '...• ' 'v • I 1 .:•...) - • - • • ' • '";•.•'•'. '•'yy--'.i:- arose through.absenca,from the reservation. ,'-'tY-:':.V'<!j ^ J 3 •' 2.. There.is no provision in.tha appropriation! 7Y77' 7Si!77v Y77''7-Y-;!kYY77; -' •-/Y77'Y7*#7:. ' mZh -' Y.7;v;' ' Y 'V.Y7-Y "•,••;;••.•••• •"- .' " V . 7 •!-Y:/-,?'?;?," • . / •: y . y • ..',' , . : ' , - -i • - , , ) . • ' . •' ' |