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Show THE SOUTH URN I'TKS. A New Measure to Ho 1 nl roiliieed by Senator Sen-ator Woleott. WlsmsoTON, Dee. "Jlv Senator WoUott lias prepared a new hill, that ho will intro. duce when congress reconvenes after the holiday recess, fur '.lie ratification of the agreement recently made with the southern I te band of Indians in southern Colorado. This measure is to take the place of the hill that the senator reintroduced at the opening of the. present session in relation to tills matter. The new bill has niHiiy new and Important provisions. Its provisions were outlined to the senator by a gentleman who is thoroughly conversant with the mutter, and, the senator thinks, will become a law at this session. It provides that the following district he set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Southern t te. Indians: In-dians: I ommencing on the north bank of the San Juan river w here it crosses the line bctwien Colorado and I'tah, running them e north 7") miles, thence due west to the Colo, ratio river, to the San Juan river whero it empties into the Colorado river, thence cast, erly along the north bank of the San Juan to the place of beginning. The I'nited States reserves and retains from the above described de-scribed tract one square section for agency buildings, and also reserves the right to grant right of. way for railroads and other like purposes that may be necessary. The United Slates is to pay f .iO.OiX) in ten annual Installments to the Indians, and to furnish f 20,0(10 worth of sheep ns soon as the Indians are located on their new reservation. It is further provided that Tirnacio, Huekskiu Charley and Mornvo, chiefs of certain of these tribes, be paid foOU each in live unnual payments. In consideration of these provisions South, em L tes are to remove, to the reservation in Utah and cede, grant, convey and relinquish nil right, title and interest they may have to the United States, except the tract provided for their use, and especially relinquish all claims to the Southern Ute reservation, and all other lands iu the stale of Colorado. Tlm L'uited States, of course, will remove all persons per-sons from the new reservation that have no right there. Improvement on the Southern Uto reservation iu La Plata county and now-occupied now-occupied by the t ie band are to be appraised ap-praised and sold to the highest bidder under direction of tho secretary of the interior. After this act becomes a law tlie secretary of the interior is authorized to appoint a commission of three to appraise this properly prop-erly and, also, the improvements of the settlers set-tlers upon the lands embiaced in the pro-posed pro-posed reservation. |