| Show THE COLORADO UTES THE quest question lon of moving the sauth southern utes from their present reservation in colorado to utah etab as contemplated in senator woolcott Wool cots bill la Is now before the house committee on indian affairs affair 8 the removal is being strongly opposed by several prominent citizens and representatives of indian and peace associations delegate caine a few days ago made a vigorous speech against it ex governor west has since given a fifteen minutes arga ant antagonizing the projected transfer mr paynter of the indian rights association mrs belva lock wood af the Util universal vereal peace society dr duncan of the boston citizens committee and mr wm woods of the society of Fri friends endis of Maxy maryland maxylind land and virginia all spoke against the re moval boval it a appears re that a careful examination do ydea of the U ute situation has recently been made by F P xane hane and JF F mk ritter bitter of the indian rights Asso association tion their report states that the present reservation is capable of successful agriculture and of the raising of sheep and goats by reason of this it is better adapted for the civilization of the indian than the place selected in utah the colorado utes are termed blanket indian Indians pa they are salato said 0 o be lazy and passionately addi addicted cited to gambling but they are free from roa the vices of drunkenness drunken nesa APO and stealing ng promises made hy by the to them have been b but u t IJ illy ay kept in 1898 apa and agreements were mide made to 0 establish schools but only wy one little shod abed was erected for the purpose which after a little time was abandoned aud and finally a y torn rn down in 1888 the indian commis commission alon endeavored endeavor od to coerce tie the utes into an apparently voluntary surrender of their lands land but ignatio ope of their chiefs said we do not want to change the reservation and you wish to keep us arguing until you get it eventually t the h 0 0 commission ammi did act as foretold by he untutored savage what pitiful reading the records of these councils between the he civilized white man and the unsophisticated red men makel make the examination made by the I 1 indian adian rights association into the question Is published in full and may be had of herbert wright of philadelphia on application of any person who desires to learn the whole truth concerning the ute uio situation it is the work of an organization ju jn no way interested for or against the utes except so fsr far as it to prompted by fair play equity and the rights of trampled humanity it shows how by careful research and investigation that the projected removal would most certainly drive the unfortunate utes into hopeless barbarism in their colorado reservation which is adapted for agriculture there to is a possibility of civilizing the utes by allotting lands in severalty severally and by a little judicious instruction in farming bu but on the utah land there Is is no possibility lity whatever of such a result in the greater part of the latter place agriculture ri stock raising and in fact any kind of industry is simply impo impossible Ible it is also almost devoid of game of any kind 1 the pamphlet referred to plainly shows that the whole scheme is a gigantic grab to get the woodlands goodlands good lands away from the indians for the benefit of speculators and land sharks and send the indians to starve to die or to do anything so as to get them away |
