Show MUST WORK OK STARVE government will not furnish floo for ute indians of cheyenne river agency washington s a result of the conference at the white house be tween the president secretary tar field of the interior assistant secretary oliver of the war department and of indian agencies leupp regarding the renegade ute in deans on the cheyenne river reserva alon in north dakota a decision was reached to continue the policy of fur bishing the indians with work and in case of their failure to take advantage of the opportunity to leave them to their own resources troops will be kept there tor police protection the government says utes may have work it they desire it but that it they make no effort in their own behalf the government will not assist them the indians have been paid the annual allowance ot 18 per capita from their own fund and it Is understood that this Is practically ex hausted these indians are the same band who have been making for the whites for the past forty or fifty years |