Deseret Evening News | 1904-10-08 | Page 6 | Indian Depredations

INDIAN DEPREDATIONS Reports as I to Conductor of Utes Seem to Slave Havo Been Deon Exaggerated Wells today todI received a n re reply reo reply ply from front Secretary of or the Interior Hitchcock to lo lila his hl letter leter of oC Sept 2 21 4 sub seth milling complaints from the tIme I Itu ties tu of San an Juan county count In imm II regard to the depredations 1 alleged to lo n have boon been committed there In II tho the p peat st few years by wandering hands bands of Indians from the Southern Souther Ute tile uI and Navajo N Jo reservations reservation It I Is II claimed that the Indians havo have been Intruding upon upon the th grazing lands of 0 that thai county and have ha committed petty depredations much mitch to a time the annoyance of the tho residents of that locality and Governor Wells Wels eils requested the tho nt at Washington to Investigate Investigate gate the matter In his hl reply Secretary Se Hitchcock cays na I that tIme the commissioner of f Indian at I airs line has thoroughly Investigated the a I ImMler matter and h hu ha s advised d tIme superintendents nt of the tIm reservations to lo use tell all peaceable menus to prevent tie Die from leaving their ammil causing annoyance to the tIme residents ot of that county in regard to tl the Ih grazing grating I time the reports Hint the Ihl In Indians dInn had secured permits from roni time the proper county to graze gruze gruZ their stock loek In Iii II tim the th county mid amid hence wore ioro en entitled el I titled tl l t In I hit Hint privilege l