Letter from Commissioner Morgan to Secretary of the Interior Noble dtd April 23, 1892
Subject
Indians of North America; Federal Government; Indian Agency/ Reservations; Correspondence; Indian/White Relations; Land Rights; Land Use
Place names
North America; United States; Washington D.C.; Western States; Utah; Utah Valley; Salt Lake City; Uintah Basin; Uintah Ouray Reservation
Creator
T.J. Morgan
Description
Letter from Commissioner Morgan to Secretary of the Interior Noble recommending the agency rent land on reservation to prevent trespassing and unpaid use of the land.
Publisher
Digitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date.original
1892-04-23
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
File name
1of2-1892-SS021
Language
eng
Coverage
Washington D.C.
Rights
Digital image copyright 2011, University of Utah. All rights reserved.
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OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.
A X A - A T O N April 23,1892.
The Honorable,
The Secretary of the Interior.
Sir:
Under date of February 15th,current,this office received
a communication from Robert Waugh,U.S.Indian Agent,Uintah
& Ouray Agency.Utah,in which he 3tatod that in tho extreme
western part of the reservation,conrnonly known as "Strawberry
Yalloy*,and comprising nearly one-fifth of the reservation,
is a very large body of land3 suitable only for grazing purposes;
that for many years these lands have practically been
monopolized by cattlemen,upon which grazing fees to the amount
of from $4,000 to $6,000 have annually been paid; that under
the late orders excluding all cattle from the reservation the
Indians will lose this grazing tax and the lands will become
practically worthless to them,as they have*not acquired,nor
are they likely to acquire for a number of years,stock enough
of their own to oonsume the grass on said grazing lands; that
the lands will not only become worthless because they oannot
be utilized,but they will be a souroe of endless trouble and
expense in keeping trespassers off; that these lands are remote
from the Agency from 75 to 100 miles and are not likely
