Letter from Acting Commissioner Tonner to Secretary of Interior Hitchcock dtd January 23, 1904 - Part II
Subject
Indians of North America; Federal Government; Indian Agency/ Reservations; Correspondence; Indian/White Relations; Land Rights; Land Use; Treaties; Ute Indians
Place names
North America; United States; Washington D.C.; Western States; Utah; Colorado
Creator
A.G. Tonner
Description
Letter from Acting Commissioner Tonner to Secretary of Interior Hitchcock providing information relevant to the Court of Claims case The Confederated Bands of Ute Indians of Colorado v. United States (Cong. No. 11,248).
Publisher
Digitized by: J.Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date.original
1904-01-23
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
File name
2of2-1904-SS007 Part 2
Language
eng
Coverage
Washington D.C.; Colorado;
Rights
Digital image copyright 2011, University of Utah. All rights reserved.
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lav/3, executive orders, etc. ,concerning the same, it wa3 state
by the Acting Commissioner that "notwithstanding the positive
statements of 3everal officials I am convinced that the Uintah
Valley Indians were not parties to the treaty of 1363 or to
the Brunot agreement."
In regard to the averment in Paragraph VI of the petition
that the petitioners know of no just set-off chargeable
to them "except the capitalized annuity and tha annual interest
thereon hereinbefore set off", in Paragraph IV of the petition,
it will be noted that under Section 3 of the act of
1830 the United States is to be reimbursed out of the proceeds
of the sale of Ute lands "for all sums paid out or set apart
under this act by the Government for the benefit of said In—
dians." The amounts so reimbursable are believed to be about
as f0II0W3,up to and including June 30,1903:
Amount set apart as a perpetual trust fund
under Section 5 of said act, $1,250,000.00
$4,000.00 per annum for 10 years to . , A.'.. A '•-
certain Indians, per Section 6, 40,000.00
Payment of expenses of commissioners
per Section 9, 25,000.00
