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<br />0170 <br /> <br />On their arrival they found about one thousand <br /> <br />Indians at the agency, including all the representative <br /> <br />men of the Tabeguache band, all the Muache and capote <br /> <br />bands, in charge of Thomas Dolan, sub-agent at Cimarron, <br /> <br />seven representatives of the Weeminuche and one each from <br />5 <br />the Denver and White River bands. <br /> <br />Information they had received prior to their reaching <br /> <br />the agency had led them to suppose the negotiations would <br /> <br />be attended with but little serious difficulty, but on <br /> <br />arriving they found little to encourage them in hoping for <br /> <br />a successful termination. The Indians were much dissatis- <br /> <br />fied at their long delay, the telegram changing the date <br /> <br />of the council, and accounting for their non-arrival, <br /> <br />having failed to reach the agency. Ouray was greatly <br /> <br />disappointed at their failure to bring his son Friday <br /> <br />with them. <br /> <br />One surveying party, acting under the authority of <br /> <br />the surveyor-general of the Territory, was sectionizing <br /> <br />for settlement the country within a short distance of <br /> <br />the agency buildings, where the Indians were camped wait- <br /> <br />ing for the council and which they claimed as a portion <br /> <br />of their reservation. Another, a military surveying party, <br /> <br />acting under instruction from the military authorities <br /> <br />of the Department, had been engaged in surveying and <br /> <br />5. Report of the Secretary of the Interior 1873. In this <br />report are found the minutes of the treaty proceedings <br />as recorded by Secretary Cree of the Commission. <br /> <br />-20- <br />