Letter from Commissioner Morgan to Agent Waugh dtd March 1, 1892
Subject
Indians of North America; Federal Government; Indian Agency/ Reservations; Correspondence; Indian/White Relations; Livestock; 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 Agent Waugh recommending agency take charge of renting land on the reservation to responsible parties to end trespassing and unpaid use.
Publisher
Digitized by: J. Willard Mariott Library, University of Utah
Date.original
1892-03-01
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
File name
1of2-1892-SS024
Language
eng
Coverage
Washington D.C.
Rights
Digital image copyright 2011, University of Utah. All rights reserved.
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OFFICE Or INDIAN AFFAIRS.
- --' VASJ-JIKG. IN, ..March,!,;.. ,1892*
Robert fraugh, Esq.,
U.3. Indian Agent,
Uintah and Ouray Agency*
Diite Itaofcs, Uintah Co*, Utah*
Sir:
/}u^ Shis offioe is in receipt c£ your letter of the 15th
iaole&ft in tfoich you state that in the extreae western end of
your reservation, coirenonly known as 0Strattberry Valley*, and
comprising nearly one-fifth.of the reservation, or about
40,000 acres and for many yeai<3 practically monopolized by
cattle men and upon irhich grazing fees have been paid annually,
amounting to from $4,000 to S3,000 per annum, will, under
the late orders, excluding all stockmen, become practically
worthless to the Indiana, as they have not acquired or are
they likely to have for years, ctook eoou^h to oonatsae the
pasture; that the lands are not only \yorthless but will be a
souroe of endless trouble, expense and annoyance to keep
trespassers off; that it is remote from the agenoy, from
76 to 100 miles, and in the Strawberry Volley proper where the
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