The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-30

Mr.. Hammond, are not the Southern
Utes considerably in advance of their
northern brethren, and also the Sho-
snones? '
Decidedly. Your Southern Ute is a
liner specimen of physical manhood
thar most of the reds seen in this
neignborhood. They do considera BILE
farming; that's, they lease the ground
to Mexlcaus and take half of the pro
ceeds. They have a saying to the
effect that work is good enough for the
Navajo or white man, but it would be
useless for them to work. when they
can enjoy themselves hunting and get
nall OF the proceeds from their lands.
The houses built for them by the gov
eminent you will find usually Occupied
by the Mexicans, while the noble red is
living out in the mountains ENJOYING
himself as only an Indian can. They
prefer to sit on the fence and wa ich the
Mexican toll. They are. however, far
more honest than the Navajol or other
Indians. there being but little
pilfering among them. There is
but one way to handle them
that is to treat them as though
they were overgrown children. / re-
m mber the experience OF the Rev.
Childs and his wife among them. The
reverend's hobby was that they should
go to school. He would argue with them
| Ia council that the Great Father atWash.
ington did not say they must do it, but
he would be pleased with them if they
would attend school. l believe the
gentleman would have had far greater
success with them had Mrs. Childs not
asserted herself so vigorously. If you
want to insult and outrage the feelings
OF your genuine Indian, Just introduce
'squaw into your councils with him,
and the thing is done-and done well.
l told the reverend and his wife they
would never make progress in that
manner. l understand she is writing a
book on her experiences among the
Utes. am sure the Mormon Bishop
will come in for good share of her at
tention."
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
will not the transfer of the indians
to San Juan County inflict some hard
ship on the settlers therer"
"Well, yes, to some extent. The
government will pay US, of course, for
all actual improvements made. None
of US, however, have any title to the
laHd. There are not over fifty families
IN the entire county. a ID perhaps some
fifty COWBOYS. The Carlisle Cattle Com
panY, an English concern, with head
quarters at Durango, have some twelve
desert land entries of GAO acres, or
nearly 5000 acres in ali, but
nnone of the titles. l believe
have ever been perfected. This land
was taken up to be used as cattle
range, and the company now has on
it some 20 900 head of cattle. Besides
these. other eastern companies also
nave large punches. so that [ estimate
there are not less han $50 900 head in
the county at present, 145 900 of which
are owned by nOn-resldents OF Utah.
These will all have to go if the Indians
accept the offer, As / said before, no
titles are perfect and manv CT the
alleged desert land entries contain
groves of timber. Ghe climate is far
in advance of that of Colorado, and
while the land is more adapted for q
cattle range than anything else, good
crops OF wheat and other cereals are
grown. The Southern Utes are less
than thousand strong, including in
fants and squaws. They have varied
Little from this number during the last
ten years. They will be much more
isolated than they are now. being one
hundred miles from railway communi-
cation"
NO DANGER ANTICIPATED.
1.-The claim made by the Colorado
people is that the Indians are hostile
and savage. In case the removal is
made, do you think the settlers in ad-
jscent counties to the reservation need
have any fears as to the safety of their
lives or property?"
No, sir" was the emphatic reply.
Utah people nor any others will be
molested so long as they do not in
fringe upon the rights of the Indians
so long as they accord to them all the
rights they would accord to white
man. Under the law. the Indian is
entitled to this much"
MIR. Hammond was recently ap-
pointed probate judge of San Juan
County. In case the removal of the
Indians to San Juan County is COM
pleted, about the only business that
may be looked for is the appointment
of administrators in the matter of the
estates of cowboys who have been a
little too previous in their dealings
with the Southern Utes.