The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-09
THE UTES.
How Their Money Has Been
Managed.
Sehurz Knew About Ihe Out
rage Upon the MeekeF
Ladies'.

Washington, 1t appears from doc
uments transmitted by the President t..
the Senate, to-day, In response to the
olution requesting him to furnish in.
formation, that the receipts and disburse-
ments, under the agreement made be-
tween the United States and Ute Indians,
in September, 1873, ratified April, 1874,
have been as follows: Receipts TO July l,
1879, SIPS, 3l7; expenses for supplies, i'm
PIGMENTS, travelling expenses of delega-
tons, etc, S65, 2S9; leaving an unsx
| pended balance of S64, OPS. During the
same period there has been expended for
the support of the Utes, from annual APP
| preparations made in accordance with the
treaty of 1868, 1881, OO3, which exceeds
| the requirements of the treaty. The
| agreement referred to sets apart as a per-
petusl trust for the Ules a sum Of money
| or bonds sufficient 10 produce S25, 900 an
nually, to be disbursed or invested at the
discretion of the President. In explain
ing the administration of this fund, the
commissioner of Indian affairs Gays it has
been apparent for some time past that the
Ute Indians would either have to settle
down or change their location to avoid
contact with the increasing white mining
population of Colorado. Only q very
few OF them have shown an inclination to
work at agriculture where they are
Under such circumstances the treRtyfunds
have not been invested, as there was
reasonable expectation thSt early action
would be taken looking to the permanent
settlement Of the Utes where their sup
port by agriculture would be possible.
and consequently the money to their
credit in the treasury would be needed
for their comfortable settlement in their
new homes, AID to furnish necessary i'm
plements, stock, etc.
The joint resolution introduced by
Representative Bedford, to-day, author
ICES the secretary of the interior to pay
out of the Ute Indian annuity fund to
Mrs. n. G. Meeker the sum of S., 600;
to the heir Of Frank Dresser, $4,000, to
the widow of VIM. A. Post, $40, 900, and
to Mamie j. Elliott, $1,000, for injuries
sustained by them at the hands of Ute
Indians in Colorado.
The correspondence sent TO the Senate
by Secretary SchurZ, to-day, in regard
to the Ute Indian trouble, is extremely
voluminous, covering q hundred pages.
Much of 1t Is already published, but
portion is Low made public for the first
time.
On November 4th, last, Commissioner
Adams, who was then at Denver, tele-
graphed Secretary Schurz that the ex-
animation under oath Of the late captives
disclosed such brutal treatment of them, |
in which Chiefs Douglas and johnson
were implicated, and which was unknown |
and unexpected to Commissioner Adams, |
land as he believed to Chief Ouray also) |
that he feared with living witness against |
them the Indians would not obey Ouray's |
orders. He also expressed the opinion |
formed after hearing these witnesses that
troops would probably have to be used |
against them soon. He closed his dis |
patch by advising forward movement of |
cavalry at Fort Garland to Indian Creek. |
On November 9Th Secretary Schurz re-
plies that he had conferred with General |
Sherman about the movement of troops, |
and says both himself and General Sher-
man agree in the opinion expressed in |
the dispatch which General Sherman had |
j ust received from Colonel Mackenzie, in /
which he says: My own experience and |
judgment leads me to believe that any
such movement, until the peace commits
sion has entirely completed its labors, will |
be peculiarly Objectionable.
Secretary Schurz also says in this dis |
patch, your apprehension that Douglass !
anu JOnASCIJ Win 4lNluS WITNESSES !
sgainst them, will not obey Ouray's !
order and make the use of troops neces-
sary, seems to leave out OF account the |
that those witnesses were |
in their power, and they surrendered |
them Internationally. A favorable |
as to the future location of
Utes will be calculated to somewhat
the punishment of the guilty |
parties.
On November %, Commissioner
Adams telegraphed the secretary that
Agent Stanley, at Los Pinos, was inter
fering with the work of the commission
10y keeping up business relations with
Chief Douglass and other White River
Utes.
On the 3Oth, Agent Stanley was
ordered by Secretary Schurz to report to
Washington.