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Show THE UTES. Particulars Concerning Thfcm from a Full-Blooded Indian. The writer of the following lei tor, Mr. Richard Komas, is a young lite Indian, born and reared in thin Territory, Ter-ritory, and who attended the Lincoln University, Chester county, Pa., for about a year. L;ist spring he was sent out by government to act as interpreter interpre-ter for Major Bowel 1, but he has recently re-cently been visiting the different tribes of the Ute Indian?, in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado Territories, taking an official census of the number num-ber on each reservation. He has now returned east to make a report of his doings, and also to continue his studies: J White River Agency, ) Colorado Territory, Nov. 20th, '73. J Editors Herald: This Agency is located on the right bank of White River, thirty miles distant dis-tant from the head, and seventy miles from the mouth, where it empties in to Green River. Tho elevation of the Agency is six thousand, five hundred and ten feet above sea level. The reservation is finely situated, in a valley val-ley six miles wide and twenty miles long, well watered by the River, and numerous creeks and springs. Eor cattle raising and ?tock range this valley is the best on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains; but on account ac-count of its elevation it is too cold, and the seasons are too short for vegetation. vegeta-tion. A council was held to-day between Ouray, head chief of the Southern Utes, and others; and Douglass, head chief of the White River Agency, and others. The object of the council was to hear tbe report of Ouray, who has just returned from Washington and Boston. During the council the chiefs showed great union of feeling, and at its conclusion all the White River Utes present signed the treaty. Ouray says he met the northern bands of the Sioux and Arapahoes at Washington, Washing-ton, and the Commissioner of In-. In-. dian Afliiirs had a talk with ! them, and advised them nnt to fight or war upon each other. I understand the Ute Indiansof White River Agency, and Uintah Valley Agency, have now agreed to it. They say thwy will make a treaty of peace with the Sioux and Arapahoes next summer at Fort Bridgcr, Wyoming Territory, or at Denver city. The Ute Indians urge the Sioux Indians to come on to Fort Bridger or to Denver Den-ver city. There are four tribes of the Utes, viz.: Yam pa, Grand River and Unitah Ute, of Colorado '.Territory, numbering number-ing 1,44(1 Indians: and Uintah Valley and White River Agencies umbering umber-ing only 2,117 Indians. I was four days, in traveling from the Uintah Valley Agency to the White River Agency, about forty miles a day. The country which I passed over was rolling, but not mountainous, for two days travel. We came up the Valley of White River, where we saw numerous signs of game. We shot one otter in the river, but afterwards could not find him. I left tbe White River Agency Pec. 2d. for Uintah Val ey Agency, thence to Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory. I stopped among my people about two days, then came by the way of Mramn and Henry's Fork, arriving at Fort Bridger, yesterday evening. 1 will leave here for the east to-morrcw to-morrcw morning, Richard Komah, . Indian Interpreter. |