Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian Affairs,
Washington, March 31, 1879.
Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, in which you state that the chiefs and headmen of your agency, in [counsel] assembled, fully indorse the action of their representatives while in Washington last winter, selling to the United States the Uncompahgre Park or four-mile strip, for the sum of $10,000 in cash, and in reply I [enclose], herewith, for the signature of the chiefs and headmen of the Tabeguache, Yampa, Grand River, and Uintah bands of Ute Indians an agreement, made by and between the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in behalf of the United States and the chiefs and headmen of the aforesaid bands of Indians, for the relinquishment, by the said bands of Indians, to the United States, of the Uncompahgre Park, for the consideration of $10,000.
This agreement is drawn in accordance with the understanding had with the representatives of the above-named bands of Indians while in Washington in January last.
You will procure the signatures, in due form, of the chiefs and headmen of aforesaid bands of Indians to this agreement, after which you will transmit it to this office.
You will observe by the third article this agreement is subject to ratification or rejection by Congress, which fact you will impress upon the minds of the Indians before they sign the same.
Very respectfully,
E. A. HAYT,
Commissioner.
L. M. KELLEY, Esq.,
United States Indian Agent, Los Pinos Agency, Colo.
White River Agency, Colorado.
April 7, 1879
Sir: I would call your attention to the fact that no funds have been received for this closing quarter for the pay of regular employees and other objects, and as the omission may continue long, your attention is directed to it
The payment once in three months in well enough if it is so made, and as it usually is, liabilities are incurred and engagements entered upon, some of a legal character, which, if not met, lead to great embarrassment.
Respectfully,
N. C. MEEKER,
Indian Agent.
HON. E. A. HAYT
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.
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