Show SPANISH FORK AND SANPETE reservations these suggestions are arc made in view of the events daily trans traus phing around us its an and 1 I preliminary to calling your attention to the spanish foik and indian reservations this latter reservation er situated in the contre centre of the fertile valley of that name and surrounded by an industrious and agil agricultural cultural population is of small extent embr embracing achig not more than five fire hundred acres it has been lying idle adlo for several years past and there is little probability of its ever again being required for indian piu poses the land is capable of good chops and in justice to the people leady and willing to reduce it to blo cultivation should bo be vacated as an indian reservation to which it is not adapted and for which it is evidently not required the spanish Spi nish fork reservation at the southern end of lake utah conta contains lils about of land of good quality and iid all susceptible of itri ii T aaion some years sinco since a small portion of this reservation was cultivated as an indian farm but the amount of produce was in no manner at all comme mens asui ate with ith the cost cosito to the goi government cincent cin ment for the last three deais no work has been performed on this and it lias has turned ic to a state of nature tile tho farm house in very bad repair the fences all ali gone and the land overgrown mith weeds and bushes indeed it is toda today to da day y simply a of naked wild land with few of its improve ments yet remaining and these at best but monuments of de cay und and inin no lass than of the mistaken policy which seeks to ameliorate the condition of the red nun mail by placing him in ill near proximity to a thickly thi elly populated whito settlement on the other hand band it has been a fluit fruitful ful source of irritation and dissatisfaction to the indians who are continually led to expect benefits which they never receive and the fact that while holdin holding out hopes destined 7 never to be lealind le alicd it draws the indians into the most densely populated settlements tle ments to the great annoyance of tile the citizens whom they burthen bin then in with ith a heavy and continual tax is not the least among tile many evils avih justly complained of even should tile the be again devoted to indian purposes only a small portion of it would bo be cultivated still ka ila ing the greater part ini unfilled tilled and running to waste it is estimated that tile tho money noces sailly expended annually in maintaining th the 0 ie mould purchase lor for the indians indiana in tile alie of at least double the quantity of provisions pio inions visions that would bo be obtained flo aiom in tho the farm after in an of two ysais in the indian in this monitory Toni tory ory I 1 am that tho the ro creation i a detriment to the to tile tho indians and to tile the people the withholding of such an all amount of land intelligent cultivation in it i MOW low or of tile the gibat acquisition of population that wo we at aie c sul duio suio c to 10 ceike is as uewl o as aa it 14 impolitic when it is consi acied that our people so tar ar iamo ed fiant other sources of SlIp supply ply ale aie compelled to jely icly en on their own excisions ani and tho the limited amount of arable land throughout tho the Terii territory tory it is therefore ros respectfully 1 that you alio teo tho president dont of tile tho united states to vacate those these reservations and throw tile land open to occupation and cultivation by our citi citizens zelig your earnest and early attention to the matter is ig asked to tho the end that it may be brought if possible to a successful issue in time thue to h eliav no 0 tacio lands put in cultivation tho coming season |