Show 72 to They had been ordered to and Benjamin Boyce Hamah 5 the Havajos living in that region This territory was opened to the white settlers in 1S77 after the Uto Indians had been moved to a more distant reservation worh among to preserve peace between then and the Havajos To strengthen the Latter Day Saints in the San Juan valley Luther C Burnham was ordained bishop and sent to Hew Mexico Ke was later honored by having one of from Utah in 16S1 after the minor communities named him FRUITLMJD river valley provides the setting for the Hormon colony of Fruitland The settlement is situated about ten miles down the San Juan river from Farmington Hew Mexico The San Juan river cuts the northwest corner of Hew Mexico and is one of the tributaries of the Colorado river Before this region was occupied by the white man it was the The San Juan exclusive reservation of the the Ute Indians Nava J o and valley land from Shlprocfc up the river belongs to the white man and is all under irrigation Parts of the Today the area however were under irrigation long before the white reservation is Just across the river settlement of Fruitland 5 The Navajo from the Mormon 6 November W Letter lb 36 from A 0 Reynolds mtf? to H ?? Foster |