Show of Uintah Reservation Register Under Draft to Among Wt Indians Quieted Was 1 Explained October f the Indians of the Uin- Ouray Indian reservation under the draft law was C. C. Wright of Said of the scattered Indian throughout the lit tu was given registration J October in order to te the task by that names between the Jr 21 and 35 were taken Jo census roll at the agency t T liT Registrars V cled and sworn in from at various points e In addition to one licensed I cr at Ouray was were given full ti i fin with the together with a the eligible living in their Opposition Develops Some opposition to the draft registration of Indians developed among the older of the tribe on the grounds that the Ute Indians had made with the white people many years ago in which they agreed to throw away their bows and bury their hatchets in the ground and cover them with a while which never again was to be stained with A number of meetings haje been and it has been explained that the present selective draft is intended only for military training and that the United States is not at war at the present time with any Wright But in case war it will be a matter of the Indian citizens joining the white of the United States against a common and hence no violation of the early treaties will be After these explanations were opposition seemed to be rapidly Wright |