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Show ; ACCEPTABLE' TO INDIANS i Former Indian Agent Believes That Uncle Sam Vill Have to Dictate to. Red Men. MaJ. James McLaughlin left for- Price last night on his way to Fort Duchesne Du-chesne and the Indian settlements, where he Is going to confer with the Indians In-dians of the Uintah and White River Ute tribes with regard to the allotment of land and the opening of the reservation to settlement. The provisions of the last Indian appropriation bill are that the treaty must be closed before June 1 sir. The act provides that each head of a family of Indians Is to receive eighty acres, and each other Indian forty acres. A large tract south of the Strawberry Straw-berry river Is to be held In common for grazing purposes. , The Indians may choose their own lands If they accept the terms, otherwise, other-wise, the Government will make the selection, which will have to be accepted by the Indians. , . - MaJ. Myton, recently returned from the Indian country, declares that the Indians will not accept the Government's terms. . If the Government makes the choice, the balance of the 2,000,000 acres will be opened to settlement, October 1, 1904. " " |