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Show 28492-15 JIT IT. D. 3. 3awling3» c/o U.S. JDopartment of Agriculture, Forest Service, . Coehetopa National Jorest, ^<< -Q IS2£ Star Route, Salida, Colorado. My dear Mr. Rawlinga: In response to your recent undated letter relative to tha burial place of Ouray and Chipeta, you ars informed that Chisf Ouray waa at first secretly buried by his Indians ia a cavs in tha mountains near Ignacio, Colorado, and in ~A*y 1925, hia bones were taken bp and placed in the Indian cemetery at Ignacio. F* The body of his >ifs, Chipeta, was at first buried on tho al Uintah Indian Heaerration in Utah, and in March 1925, bar body was removed to yontroae, Colorado, and buriad at -what i3 said to be an old horae place of Ouray and Chipeta. 7ery truly yours, J.-ACG-3 Assistant Commissioner. FyytyyOy |
