Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16
|@lNDAL OVER
| INDIAN SUPPLIES
,..,do Game wardens Propose
10 Mix Up With the Army
.urpEuTAH COMES In ON III
nan, is Of the opinion that
F' mere /. a steal Aagresaiins
$4,000 Month.

..,,,n J. r. Guilfoyle, OF Fort Du'
~ I',ah. has started an avalanche,
o. 4. newer News. Of Friday. His
~ ',leed assertion in the News Mon
rornlng that there were never
han seven Indians across the
100 line at one time during the re-
IA from the Utah reservations
~ ,b0ut TO have the effect of opening
,.,ss,ieation OF the real causes OF
periodic depredations, and Game
800 Frank Fem is the one who
.'.ds 10 look into the matter The
..,ao officials believe there are hid
.ssons for the audacity of the red
~. that may involve persons higher
minority than the petty chiefs who
IN continue to hold together the rem
.,.s Of their tribes.
NJ Johnson did not come down from
,,,,and yesterday, but Deputy Fem,
IA vas one OF those to accompany
=. commissioner on his recent trip 10
4. soene Of the threatened Indian
FAMILIES declared that he intended to
m the Utah border within the next
M or three weeks. 10 begin with
! wants to find out what becomes OF
a, hides Of the deer that the Utes and
r,ompahgres kill when they make
ear raids upon the forests OF Colorado,
nd Incidentally he viii make some in
,slrles about the profits received from
N ntlons that the redskins do not
"A when they are of their reserya-
srs He and Mr.. Johnson are agreed
isal the Indian agents and the military
l,ve commercial motive in concealing
y rial facts about the abongines from
d public and't authorities at Wash
kgOn
The renegade whites that consort
Viii the Indians are largely responsible
n ,helr actions remarked Mr.. Fem
vtsrday afternoon. 'They are the
q, who get the big end OF the bargain
rAsn The hides are divided up and 1t
{ certainly strange that the agents
4 not know this IL going on, II indeed
l..y are as ignorant as they seem.
agsld Ike very much to have a talk
rih Agent Myton. | think could ex-
mss some thoughts 10 him that would
I'VE hiii a cold SILVER. The hides that
D. Indians secure from the deer OF
65onio are contraband, and ! wish |
tgld End out Where they 60 70. II
Tip to that section of the country
I'D q talk With some Of the big chiefs
bat can be relied upon TO tell the
ugih viii reveal anything, | think
an turn up quite an interesting scam
al The white renegades urge these
ads and the Indians fall into line be-
s.Ese that Is just the kind Of pleasure
be- enjoy There are great many OF
ttse whites along the Utah border and
lAy have many ways OF profitlng by
ti reurslons OF the redskins. | can
~ b sure that / will accomplish any
ting by a trip. but I intend to try. 1t
/ an easy matter for the authorities
sVT there TO whtewash the facts.
nol know what influence the rene
pies have with the government agents.
There Is another phase Of the ques-
co that am not quite prepared TO
w On, and that Is the matter OF ra-
t'aS They say the Indians do not get
nsr uions when they are off of their
sSryallons II they are not present at
n monthly distributions, they are not
Isylted with their regular quotas OF
SIples unless perhaps they In some
sssrees leave the squaws TO look after
y natter When between 400 and 800
!Nahs come across the border, what
lHoines Of their rations that must be
tolnled for as delivered in the gov
'tinent reports. II what the agents say
: tue? ] should say the monthly ra-
,n q single Indian amounts TO at
~ 1lO worth Of supplies. This means
y" Tor 400 Indians. and II the red
,lns 90 not get II, where does II go? |
~ lsi some one else answer this. be-
nsse do not know. | don't suppose II |
.N,d be worth my while to try to find |
y Z the prevailing opinion in the
'lae commissioners Office that this
..ss'lon Of ratlons would bear inyesu-
laVoa, Some OF the redskins who
Esd the border told the Colorado
We that they did not secure their
''fssary supplies. and they gave this
Va' reason for coming after deer.