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Show ' oJINTAH' "RESERVATION TO ' : BE THROWN OPEN IN 1904 . - " Maj. Mclaughlin Returns to City, Having Closed Treaty Witn the Ute . Indians. ; Maj. lames McLaughlin has closed a treaty with" the Indians of the Uintah reservation i and as a result 1,250,000 acres w ill be thrown open to the public on October jl, 1904. Maj. McLaughlin, who was efnt by the Government to treat with the Indians, arrived In the city from Port Duchesne today. He has been In conference with the Indians almost every day-since he arrived at the agency. He said: l "While the signatures of the majority of; the male adults has not been taken, 1 , 1 am very . well satisfied with what I Jv-have accomplished. The Indians now I clearly understand the provisions of the 1 act of Congress with reference to their V reservation, and know that they are to receive allotments and a oertaln tract of grazing ground. The remainder of the reservation will be open for settlement settle-ment under the law. "I am much pleased at the complaisance complais-ance with which the Indians have accepted ac-cepted the message. It was. as a matter of course, very distasteful to them, and the fear which they had first apprehended apprehend-ed from having their reservation land thrown open to settlement , has been overcome by explanation of every feature fea-ture of the law affecting their Interests. Inter-ests. ' ' 1 v "Nearly one-third of the male adults of the reservation have signed the acceptance ac-ceptance of the act, and I have no doubt could I have remained at the agency the majority .of them would have signed the ratification; but I regard what has been accomplished as effective as though - a majority of them had concurred. "The lack, of the signatures of the majority of the male adults of the reservation res-ervation does not in any way affect the force of the act, the law providing that If the Indians, do not consent to allotment allot-ment before June 1, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause allotment to be made for them. They will, therefore, receive re-ceive allotment the same as if the majority ma-jority or all of them had concurred in the act prior to June 1. "The Indians understand this from the painstaking explanation that I made to jthem, and they appear satisfied now that they know what they are to expect, and they are much more cheerful looking look-ing and brighter in expression when meeting them than they were two weeks ago, before they understood the full text 0 this new legislation. I was favorably Impressed with the Indiana in general. Jvhoe deportment throughout our ooun-7 ooun-7 wil was all that could be desired. The Vlntahs especially Impressed me as the better disposed of all the bands, but all will accept the carrying out of the law gracefully." |