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<br />01~3 <br /> <br />Chapter III <br /> <br />The ute Treaty Council of 1863. <br /> <br />The Treaty of 1849 served the purpose for a period of <br /> <br />some fourteen years during which events took place that <br /> <br />made it seem advisable to seek other concessions from the <br /> <br />utes. In May 1859 gold had been discovered by Jackson on <br /> <br />a branch of Clear Creek and by Gregory on the North fork <br /> <br />of the same creek and with it had come a rapid influx of <br /> <br />people into many parts of Colorado. Many of these people <br /> <br />prospected and settled in the territory claimed as the <br /> <br />hunting ground of the utes. Trouble between these whites <br /> <br />and the utes and the fear of more trouble were the prime <br /> <br />reasons for the appointment of the ute Commission of 1863. <br /> <br />This commission was appointed during the summer of <br /> <br />1863 when instructions were sent from the Department of <br /> <br />the Interior to John Evans then governor of the territory <br /> <br />of Colorado and ex-officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs <br /> <br />for that territory, making him chairman of a commission to <br /> <br />enter into negotiations with the utahs for the purpose of <br /> <br />securing from them a cession of some of the valuable land <br />1 <br />over which they roamed. <br /> <br />1. The report of this treaty council is given in detail <br />in the Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1863- <br />1864. <br /> <br />-3- <br />