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<br />01~~ <br /> <br />managed to bring in about 1500 of them, which included <br /> <br />nearly all their chiefs and principal men. After some <br /> <br />consultation it was found that the Tabeguache band was <br /> <br />really the only band which laid claim to that territory <br /> <br />which the government desired to buy and inasmuch as they <br /> <br />were the only band to any extent represented, the commission <br /> <br />determined to negotiate with them alone. They were repre- <br /> <br />sented at that time as being "very intelligent, energetic <br />2 <br /> <br />and formidable in war." <br /> <br />Several had learned to speak <br /> <br />Spanish fluently and Mr. Mickolay in his report of the <br /> <br />proceedings says one of them was able to sign his own <br /> <br />name to the treaty, which furnishes considerable evidence <br /> <br />that this band of utahs, at least, had made some progress <br /> <br />with the theory that the land over which they hunted really <br /> <br />belonged to the united States. The treaty begins thus: <br /> <br />"Whereas the Tabeguache band of utah Indians claim as against <br /> <br />all other Indian tribes an exclusive right to the following <br /> <br />described country as their lands and hunting grounds within <br /> <br />the territory of the united States of America, being bounded <br /> <br />and described as follows to wit:" and then follows the <br /> <br />boundaries of the land they claimed. <br /> <br />Article I of the treaty is as follows: "It is admitted <br /> <br />by the Tabeguache band of utah Indians that they reside <br /> <br />2. Report of the Secretary of the Interior 1863-1864. <br /> <br />-6- <br />