Show NO MONEY AVAILABLE will be necessary to appropriate with which to con struck canals for indians if the indians who moved from the white river to the uintah reservation during the early eighties had the money to their credit in the united states treasury which aich properly belongs to them they would not now be objects of chanty is the assertion of senator teller it if the money which has actually been paid for the land in colorado which they formerly occupied were now available tt it would not be necessary for the indian bureau to appeal to congress for an appropriation of N ith which to construct the proposed in iga tion systems for the indian allotments allot mints ants on the former uintah indian rt reservation serva have had acca access ss to the copy of a letter written by indian commissioner F r fi leupp to the secretary of the interior and by the secretary of the interior transmitted to senator teller of colorado the letter deals e with the question of irrigation on the uintah reservation speaking of the necessity for the proposed appropriation of for the purpose of completing the canals for the indians indiana to prevent the white settlers from acquiring a title to all the waters of the former uintah ind an reservation commissioner leupp sas neither the money winch which the indians were to get from the lands disposed of in colorado more than twenty years ago nor that which is to he be obtained from the uintah reger reservation will be available in the near future not a dollar of the money they were to receive from the former sale has ever ben be n available and there Is not a cent to their credit from this source in the united states treasury although I 1 am unofficially informed that nearly has been received from the sale of lands in the white and grand river vallies in colorado it would be interesting to learn to what use that immense sum of money hais hae been placed it would be a wonderful help to the indians at this particular time as aa it would pay for the building of canals fence their land and furnish them fairly comfortable homes perhaps it is 13 all right though for the government ment appropriate sr cwm TOOr of the indians money then assume th poci position tion ofia ofa dog in the manger and prevent the poor misguided settlers who have filed on the land from ce ae curing a right to the water on the plea that the indians are laible to be deprived of sone soine so ne of their rights |