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Show A BAD INDIAN POLICY. The I te Indiana Beromiog DiKguated With Vncle Nam'a slowneafl. Referring to the proposed removal of the Ute Indians from their presehr reservation res-ervation into Utah, the Kansas City Globe sajs: For a number of years the Southern Ute Indians in Colorado have been anxious anx-ious to remove from that slate across the line into Utah. Their close proximity prox-imity to the miners of southern Colorado Colo-rado has been productive of much pad feeling both among the whites and the. Indians, and the government has been been besought by both sides for months to remove the Utos across the frontier to a reservation better bet-ter adapted to their wants. Under such circumstances it would seem strange that the unanimous request re-quest has not been complied with, but such is the case. The inevitable crank of the down east Indian bureau has been at work fighting the proposed transfer and the government has hesitated hesi-tated until tho Indians themselves have become restive and they now threaten to leave their reservation and remove to Utah without permission. The bill for their removal is still pending in congress, and there seems to be no likelihood that it will pass this session. In the meantime the Utes at the Ig-nacio Ig-nacio agency are disgusted at Uncle Sam's slowness and are packing their traps to remove to Mormondom. The worst feature of the case is that a few-days few-days ago the troops at Fort Lewis were taken cast and the agent is power-erless power-erless to prevent the Indian exodus. |