Show and other neds colorado ute uta removal Kena oval so far as I 1 have been able to learn the indians on the uintah and un reservations in northeastern utah uintah county are contented and give but little cause of ot complaint if any to the agent in charge the only serious difficulty known has been occasioned by the buncom indians leaving the reservation to hunt in the mountains of colorado during the season for deer hunting which can on only ly be prevented toy b IT S troops scouring the country T these utes were removed to utah to in 1882 aid d claim so I 1 am informed that A troy are not now located on the land set pet apart for them under the treaty ratified by congress and which is situated at the junction of the gunnison Oun nison and grand rivers they claim the right to hunt on this land and say it belongs to them some of the uintah indians are engaged in agriculture raising stock etc and are fairly prosperous the berf territory atory occupied by these indians is equal to the most fertile in utah and there is no good reason why they should not be made self supporting there are about fifteen hundred 1500 in the territory exclusive of those on the two reservations they I 1 are chiefly aiutes shoshona shoshones Sho th though h there are some Pah biedes biedes and n d utes most of them exist by bogging begging and by spasmodic attempts at hunting and fishing they lack spirit and are for they greatly need schools and missionaries and to be taught how to take care of themselves and to till the soil the government does little if anything for them the squaws squads do most of the drudgery in tooele thoele county there are to indians Goal koshute goshute Go shute lute shoshones Sho who though poor are far better than most indians they do a little farming are anxious to own their land and to be taught those at deep creek are much better off and partly civilized in millard county on the edge of nevada there are a few very industrious indians but there are whitset tiers who steal their water and the indians are in ia danger of being driven out by them they are entitled to and should receive some protect protection io 11 from the government la in san pete county there are indians utes who recognize no tribal relations they own their own land own stock have houses live at indianola in thistle valley and are doing well I 1 am informed that they are being taught polygamy by the mormon missionary who lives with them in garfield county there are about fifty 50 indians mostly in potato and panguitch Pan gultch valleys in sevier savier county there are one hundred indians in grass and rabbit valleys who are totally neglected in kane eane county there are about one hundred indians I 1 am informed they practice polygamy they are poor and earn a precarious livelihood by making ditches farming a little etc and hunting in iron county there are from one hundred and fifty to one hundred and devent seventy five n indians who are destitute in van san juan there are about one hundred indians part genuine utes and part Moan coppy they live by the chase and begging in other counties small email bands of indians indiana may be found who like most of the indians not on the reservations have abandoned their tribal relations they are objects of pity and their numbers are being rapidly reduced by disease the government ought to provide for them in some way REMOVAL OF THE COLORADO UTES TO UTAH A determined ef effort fortis is now being made by the prominent men of colorado to have the utes now located in southern colorado removed to utah A commission was appointed to select a place for them and they chose sin san juan county utah their action was reported to congress but bul was not ratified from information which I 1 have received I 1 am led to believe that the proposed removal will work not only a hardship to the indians but a great injustice to many deserving settlers who have made themselves homes and have built up large business interests in the locality which it is now proposed to turn over to the indians to satisfy the selfish demands of the people of another state these settlers have vested rights and should receive just and equitable consideration the people of utah are almost unanimously opposed to the bringing of these indians to the territory I 1 append to this report a letter which I 1 have received from F A hammond the probate judge of san juan county which presents the case of the settlers very clearly and pointedly I 1 trust that the proposed treaty will not be ratified and on behalf of the people of this territory I 1 enter an earnest protest against it |