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Show Under an amendment to the Indian bill passed by the last congress, and which wa Introduced by Senator Itenl Hmoot, early settlers In Utah who suffered damages through the depredations of tho Inldans before they became rltlien may now present their claims to thn got eminent. Thr act amends the Indian depredation law of lltl. which limited the Jurisdiction Juris-diction of thn court of clalma to peY-rons peY-rons who were at the tlmo they suf- 1 frred thrlr loss, cltlxrns of tho United 1 Hlatcs. Many early Utnhns were tic-1 tlms of raids during the Hlark Hawk war It Is understood a government I tltornej from Washington wilt come' heir next month to Investigate rlghty-five rlghty-five claims for reimbursement ' . 1 |