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<br />0171 making observations upon the reservation, much to the <br /> <br />annoyance of the Indians, who could not understand the <br /> <br />object of such a survey. The officer in charge had in- <br /> <br />formed the Indians that the eastern line of their reser- <br /> <br />vat ion was some 20 miles west of the Cochetopa range, which <br /> <br />they had always claimed as their eastern boundary, and that <br /> <br />the agency buildings (which at the time of their location <br /> <br />were supposed to be upon the reservation) were some 12 <br /> <br />miles east of the reservation line. <br /> <br />One division of Professor Hayden's exploring party <br /> <br />had spent some time on their reservation and the substance <br /> <br />of letters from the newspaper correspondents accompanying <br /> <br />the expedition, expressing views very offensive to the <br /> <br />Indians, was known to them. <br /> <br />Parties of miners had repeatedly endeavored to pass <br /> <br />by the agency and enter the reservation at places where <br /> <br />the Indians were not willing they should go. Some of <br /> <br />these miners insisted that the Government was far away, <br /> <br />had no power in the mines and could not protect the In- <br /> <br />dians. They said they were going to stay whether the <br />6 <br />Indians sold the mines or not. <br /> <br />The President had issued an order to eject the miners <br /> <br />and other unauthorized persons from the reservation under <br /> <br />an article of the treaty of 1868. The execution of this <br /> <br />order had been suspended, and this gave color to the <br /> <br />6. Ibid, p. 461. <br /> <br />-21- <br />