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Show -1142 I 0, D E P A R T M E N T OF THE INTERIOR --15 UNITED STATES INDIAN P'IFLD SERVICE ~-3- 3 Uintah & Ouray Agency, ft. Duchesne, Ut April 1, VJf5. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. ^" %™*~ '/* »•' y>" 0 -~*z \ "ti \ '• t • 1 a-' - \ yy. .-n ' _^^. . F. "fl> \ ^y yi ',-c - \ av' .* vi "?" .-. - - I ""' .? *=. rr. .-' .^3 -• EK •s." 'V 33 y Sir: f U " - ° 5 y . ^ ^ In keeping v/ith the above cited telegraphic instructions received from the Indian Office December 15, 1924, the Superintendent visited Montro3e, Colorado, for the purpose of locating the old home of Chief Ouray and Chipeta and v/ith the view of arranging for the removal of Chipeta's remains from Bitter Creek, on this reservation, to that place. The people of Montrose were highly pleased to know that Chief McCook had suggested that Ghipeta'3 body be buried near their city on the old home ground. They took the Superintendent to the place where the cabin s*"ill stands built by Chief Ouray. The house which the government built for them i3 al30 there but it has been remodeled and i3 a very nice building. A little distance from these buildings i3 a spring v/hich supplied v/ater for these people. Over this spring the people of Montrose and the Uncompahgre valley erected a memorial in the form of a concrete tepee. The attached copy of an article published in the Montrose Daily Press, Montro3e, Colorado, May 21, 1924, tells about this memorial in detail. After seeing the place suggested by Chief McCook and learning that the people of Montrose were eager to do everything within their po7/er to provide the burial ground and erect a tomb for Chipeta'3 remains, the Superintendent returned to the reservation and explained it all to Chief McCook and other interested Indians. They ware thon more chan ever in favor of mazing the transfer bu-. One same could not ~ake place until about the first of ik.rch cn account of the severity of the winter. Tho Superintendent designated Service farmer Hugh Owens to take charge of tho exhuming of the body. On March 10th he left the agency headquarters for Bitter Creek, On account of ths ice in Green river he had to go around by Jensen to Dragon a distance of about 90 miles. At Dragon he hired two saddle horses for himself and Indian guide to |