| Show INDIANS EN ROUTE TO UTAH one thousand atea to Loca tein san juan county the ute indian removal commission are now on their way to washington with formally signed and sealed treaty for the removal of wards of the nation who located in southern colorado to san juan county utah the treaty will be placed before congress at once and the representatives of colorado in congress have been wired to urge immediate action in consideration of the removal the totes are to receive a year for ten years and worth of sheep they will also obtain a much better place to live both as to climate and as regards grass for their ponies and plentitude of game the reservation is bounded by a line that runs from the west bank of the san juan kiver where it crosses the colorado and utah line northward seventy five miles thence westward to the colorado eiver down that river to the san juan eiver and alone the san juan to the point of commencement the new reservation is very plentifully covered with grass and especially well adapted to stock the nearness to the blue mountains will alsoS enable the indians to obtain all the game they desire the strip of land relinquished in colorado contains which some where about can be used for agricultural ri purposes This will provide over 2000 farmers with acres of land each the went to the agency in august last and were in hopes of ac 1 their mission in thirty days but met with great obstacles some of which have already been recounted in these columns the indians wanted to go but the chiefs did not they were satisfied where they were whenever a council was held writes the chairman the chiefs only would rise up and talk they would say there was no use talking about it and order us home then after the council was over some of the tribes would come to us and ask have another powwow when they at last decided to move the bucks at once commenced striking out for their new home half of them will have reached san juan county before tho treaty is ratified all the mails over 18 years of age signed the treaty the people at derango col are jubilant over the success of the commission commie sion |
