Show JAWBONE WAR ON BETWEEN JOHN OLENN GLENN AND FORMER AGENT MYTON AYTON writing broor vernul vernal john glenn takes exceptions to certain statement eta stat emenO made by II 11 mytro formerly indian agent ai at white bock rocks concerning the allotment of lands to the un ile says 1 I have been county surveyor of uintah compty for several years and my practice has haa called me to run out ut the boundaries ot of most of the indian allotments on the uncompahgre reserve and I 1 have not in ono one In stanco found u n cedar post to mark the corner on an allotment I 2 have in places found stones stance but in mot place there was nothing to Ind leate lente that there bad had ever been one of the allotting allo ting commission or an indian on the spot in many instances I 1 found that ab al sol taly barren lands bad ocen neen to tho the indians lands which I 1 believe they had never seen and knew nothing about this reference ie Is to allotments on the uncompahgre and cot not on the uintah reservation as I 1 havo have never been called to run out any ot of those allotments and I 1 cannot any say that the majors statement that the best lands on the ducheane Duc Duch beano eano 1 given to the indians Is not true three fourths of the allotments on the uncompahgre U are of no benefit to the indians as they cannet cannot get water onto them and many are absolutely I 1 barren and worthless had the ma lands lor or taken his salary in the kind ot of lands iia allotted tc to the noble red man he would now be hunting for a farm to run on shares |