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<br />0151 <br /> <br />THOMAS L. IDEN, "A HISTORY OF THE UTE <br />UNPUBLISHED M. A. THESIS IN HISTORY. <br />OF COLORADO, 1929. <br /> <br />CESSIONS OF COLORADO", <br />WESTERN STATE COLLEGE <br /> <br />Chapter II <br /> <br />The Ute Treaty of 1849. <br /> <br />In 1849, with the Gold Rush to California and the <br /> <br />consequent creation of a greater interest in the west and <br /> <br />southwest, government officials thought it best during the <br /> <br />latter part of that year to enter into negotiations with <br /> <br />the Utes (at that time called utahs) for the purpose of <br /> <br />securing some kind of a treaty with them. These negotia- <br /> <br />tions were completed and a treaty signed Dec. 30, 1849. <br /> <br />On September 9, 1850, almost a year later, the U. S. <br /> <br />Senate ratified the treaty and it was made binding on the <br /> <br />part of both parties. Although this treaty with the Utahs <br /> <br />in 1849 was in the main a treaty of peace and amity, it <br /> <br />is also important because it is an entering wedge for more <br /> <br />treaties and because the Utes acknowledged in the treaty <br /> <br />that the united States had lawful and exclusive jurisdiction <br /> <br />over them and the vast territory over which they hunted. <br /> <br />This territory was annexed to the New Mexico territory for <br /> <br />administrative purposes. <br /> <br />The treaty further provided that the laws then in <br /> <br />force regulating Indian trade and intercourse were to apply <br /> <br />to the Utahs. People of the united States were to have free <br /> <br />passage through the territory. The United States government <br /> <br />promised to establish military posts, agencies, and trading <br />