The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-25
BROWN AND
THE INDIANS
Rights Of the UncOmpaghreS
as Viewed by the
Senator.
AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED
Looking After the Fort Hall
Proposition.
AMENDMENT IS ACCEPTED
Amendments Made to the sundry
Civil Bill Increasing the Cost of
the Public Buildings at Boise
City, Idaho, and Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming-Many Other Matters at the
Capital of Interest.
Especial to The Herald.)

WASHINGTON, April 24.-During the
consideration of the Indian appropria-
ton bill in the senate today, Mr.. Du-
bois said:
Il offer an amendment to enable the
secretary of the interior to negotiate
with the Uncompahgre Indians, and
with Indians residing upon the Uintah
reservation in Utah, and with any 9TH
er Indians, for the surrender of any por-
ton of their reservations, or for such
modification of existing treaties as
may be deemed desirable by said In
dams and the secretary of the inter
ior, any agreement thus negotiated be-
ing subject to subsequent ratification
by congress. 5000
Mr.. Brown said:
Il move to amend by striking out
'Uncompahgre Indians My object
in moving the amendment is because
the language contained in the amend
ment of the senator from Idaho would
seem to recognize that the Uncompah-
gres have some rights that ought to
be treated with; whereas, in fact, as has
no rights in that land or in any lands
whatsoever in the United States. Their
lands were in Colorado. They were
paid for them and their money is now
in the treasury drawing interest there.
1t is as a trust fund amounting to a
million and quarter dollars. The act
which was passed in 1894 provided that
they could have lands by paying for
them in the ordinary way, but it did
not recognize them as having any
rights to be treated for. 1 fear the
language of the proposed amendment
would raise the implication that they
have some right in those lands. I will
say further that 1 called upon the SEN
ator from Colorado (Mr. Teller who
introduced the amendment to this sub
ject, and he is very familiar with it,
He agreed with me that the Uncompah-
gre Indians have no rights there, and I
understand has no objection to the
words I have indicated being stricken
out
Mr. Dubois accept the amendment
and ask leave to insert Indians resid-
ing upon Fort Hall reservation in Ida
no. so as to read, To enable the secre-
tary of the interior to negotiate with
Indians residing on the Fort Hall res
ervation in Idaho, and with Indians re-
siding upon the Uintah reservation in
Utah, and with any other Indians, for
the surrender of any portion of their
respective reservations, S15,000.'"
The amendment as modified was
agreed to.
Mr.. Shoup-I move to insert, For sur
veying the unsurveyed portions of ced-
ed lands of the Nez Perez Indian res
ervation, the state of Idaho, $4,000, the
same immediately available"
The amendment was agreed to.
The senate today passed the follow
ing amendments to the sundry civil
bill:
For a public building at Boise, Ida
no; for the continuance of the building,
$4,000, and the limit of the cost of
said building and site is increased from
$15O,OOO to $4,000
For public building at Cheyenne.
Wyoming. for continuation of build
ing, $4,000. and the limit of cost of said
building and site is increased from
$15O,000 to $250,000.