Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-10-24 | Page 2 | Indians Not to Receive Land

II1S il 10 RECEIVE LID Brigham City, Oct. 23. The Indians on the Washakie Indian reservation In Box Elder county will not receive another allotment of land from the government, according to word just recently received by prominent Indians In-dians on the reservation. For a number num-ber of years the Indians in this county coun-ty have tried in vain to get more land, claiming that due to the increase in population their present reserve is not large enough to answer the purpose. Acting for the Indians have been Willie Wil-lie Ottogary and George P. Sam, two of the brightest men of the local tribe. In their efforts to place their claims before the land authorities, they have made two trips to Washington. Wash-ington. Last summer an inspector of the department of the interior came west and went over the proposition with the Interested parties, and his recommendations in Washington wero to the effect that the Indians need no more land at present, and their request re-quest was therefore rejected. The Indians in Washakie, however, were granted the opportunity of making mak-ing application for enrollment in the Fort Hall or Shoshone reservations in Idaho, if thoy wanted to move to other reservations.