The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-01-31

THE COLORADO UTES.

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ceptive, as deceptive as the devil him
self, on the subject of the removal of
the Southern Utes to Utah territory.
We say to the government: believe
them not. A few years since treaty
was effected with this tribe by which
they were in some way induced to
yield conscent to such removal. That,
at least, was what was said of it, but
the proposition was 80 ridiculous and
the terms so contemplate, and such
was the fraudulent spirit pervading it
all, that even the national government,
under President Harrison and the
national government under Mr.. Cleve-
land, has and does hesitate to order
the removal, under the so called treaty
stipulations. 1t has been said often
and often, that the Utes themselves are
most anxious to be removed at once to
what is styled their new homes. We
know whereof we speak when we saw
there is not single word of truth In
the assertion. This people have inhabited
the southwest corner of Colorado ever
since we have any authentic record of
the tribe. 1t is very sure that the
usual home devotion which is a trait
of all tribes loses none of its Yigor in
the case of these southern Utes.
They are attached to their beautiful
home in peculiar way. There is a
territory of mountainous country, and
unlike any other mountains, those of
this Ute district are covered year in
and year out by most luxurious
growth Of peculiarly rich and nutrici-
GUS grasses. This insures plenty of
e-v----a s.s.ss4,sAA~5 IaS5s IDasvur-
age for the stock Of the Indians. Thev
would be only the Yeriest ounces on
earth did they voluntarily quit that
region for any other on earth.
The facts are that the greedy people
of southwestern Colorado have cast
their longing eyes upon these same
glories Of the favored spot and have
eagerly coveted the fair lands of the
savages, and this Indian eagerness to
be quit of it consists only Of the ac-
quisitive white mems ardent desire to
get it themselves. The other day the
adjutant general of Colorado paid a
visit to that region, as he often does.
and telegraphs as he often has tele.
grsphed, the unity among the Indians
on the subject of an early fitting from
those sylvan delights to new. un-
known and untried desert land in this
territory. This is rather shrewd. but
threadbare trick to induce the govern
ment to send the Indians on their vest
ern travels without unnecessary waste
of time. 1t is trick and most un-
frank one indeed. Two par ties inter
ested in the transfer would be excess
siyely disobliged, viz; the people of
Utah and the Indians themselves. The
other party only, thei Coloradoans,
would see this so called treaty full |
filed.
We trust the Indian bureau will
scan this proposition very closely ere
it orders 1t to be carried out. The
Indians ce rtainly do not want to come
and quite as surely the Utonians do
not want them here. We, in Utah.
are doing our best to have our
own reservations opened and
TO be sure the dumping of other Indi-
ans into this territory upon what we
already have will not facilitate the car
-ying out the will of the people of this
,erritory in this matter. Let Utah
orepa1e memorials to this effect and !
END them to our delegate in congress
o be presented to the president, the
iecretary of the interior, and the chief
# the Indian bureau, and that without
waste of time. We do not want the
indians here, and we should say to the
overnment loudly and emphatica lly
hat we wont have them. I