| Show ute indians pay visit to washington office taken from the illie indian at work por for the first t tine me in 10 20 or 15 oais CRIS a of the north arn utes lies of utah hae come to the indian inchan office they hane hae come here on business that has to do with the rehabilitation of their ec life things as varied as a request for some way ay of maintaining law and order to acquisition of further grazing lands are on their program notable indeed are arc two older men of the tribe though the utes rio no longer use the title of chiff one does not need to be told that kapenks cuch and pos innee are le lenders bleiders cuch sits tranquil aa a mountain the splendid modeling of his face has haa dignity wisdom and benignity wisdom was as always his ile he was one mie of that band of wise vise indians who ho resisted the allotment act who ho foresaw the dwindling of the tribal lands once on they were ere held individually LV his 1115 mind realized that the entire indian would be undermined by individual instead of tribal owner alp ile he withdrew aith drew with ith people from the reservation refusing to participate in a scheme that seem d 1 l to him ruinous then they sent ht i united states cavalry omer nm nin today many ears cars later the trilled states government has come to Sa buchs point ot WA uv and at this late date wiped ut ui the allotment system ro minnee is considered one of ho he best stockmen stoc kmen in all of utah lie he two to older men sit in the in lan ian office quietly reflectively ower oer re resides ades in thern them and author authors v Ls is theirs they are the bearr of the special culture which Is he utes heritage different from awe or cr menominee Mc TAc nominee something bred of their own long heritage they wear ear wide hats with aith bright brilliant shirts find and their nair tied in ances ancestral tVa fashion with ith naver fur around neck ft a bright cerise handkerchief neither ol of the two to older indians lor their comrades are the least impressed by the nations nation a capital hey tell ou that they live near a ery fine city of their own on salt bait lake city which is full of P atu fan md ind gardens gardena and riot not cluttered like washington their eltory la Is the shameful find and familiar one of de despoliation which las been the fate of so 60 many of he indian tribes no better des acs mn can be furnished than ft memorandum from a report to the indian office on land allotments under date ot of dece december aber 24 1915 20 bears eara ago to this h barren aten country they the utes brought shat little property arty almost entirely of at live ock they hart had and since that time we have managed to eke out an all mi stence though entitled by treaty provisions to the iosua issuance nce of relations these of the incont p agres living on hill and willow creeks have a availed ailed themselves very ery little of the privilege what little property they may have accumulated la is tiie due entirely to their own efforts As this country settled up efforts were made to secure their lands alth ith the result that these indians indiana were ere allotted lands in sev a F number of ears before they considered as a tribe were in a condl condi tim to appreciate such action in fact way today there are many indians of this reservation who ua aill not admit that they have allotments claiming that the whole hole country belongs to them and that the whites hites axe are in only by their permission practically the whole history of the these indians indiana Is one of having their belongings taken from them the present trend of affairs indicates that it Is still the desire of some me people plop ae to drive drine the utes off the earth later in 1897 68 98 thee lands were allotted to them and they were given to understand th that t the of the allotment was to provide for them lands janos which they might hold and on ach they could make their homes and gain a living they have hane lived on these lands they have not molested the whites hites and buiey the nave made it peaceful living separate and apart apan from goern governmental mental aid they have hae accumulated a I 1 we atle property anc ana are learning the RII all important lessons of silt help to ask them to give up these lands Is merely to drive them from their homer the homes they have made for themselves the whites hites who nho have come into this country and taken up lands landa conflicting with these indian allotments axe are only ers who unless app appearances mances are very dec deceiving ehing are merely striving for far a water right and for the control of these small I 1 streams which give the control of the gracing lands adjoining it if it be the duty of the government to protect the interests of the indians and it Is my belief that such duty la is clear and certain then there la is no consideration ether either moral or legal which would call for the deprivation deprivate on of these indiana of their homes |
