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<br />.'1\.....:~ <br />'_\..! -.~l't <br /> <br /> <br />within the territorial limits of the united States, <br /> <br />acknowledging their supremacy, and claiming their protection. <br /> <br />The said band also admits the right of the u. S. to regulate <br />3 <br />all trade and intercourse with them." <br /> <br />Each of the above paragraphs indicate considerable <br /> <br />advance over the treaty of 1849. <br /> <br />The boundaries of the territory which, in 1863, they <br /> <br />claimed for a hunting ground were as follows: <br /> <br />"Beginning on the 37th degree of north latitude, at <br /> <br />the eastern base of the Sierra Madre Mountain; running <br /> <br />thence northerly with the base of the Rocky Mountains to <br /> <br />the forty first parallel of North latitude; thence west <br /> <br />with the line of said forty-first parallel of north lati- <br /> <br />tude to its intersection with the summit of the Snow <br /> <br />Range northwest of the North park; thence with the summit <br /> <br />of the Snowy Range southerly to the Rabbit-Ear Mountains; <br /> <br />thence southerly with the summit of said Rabbit-Ear Range <br /> <br />of mountains, west of the Middle Park, to the Grand River; <br /> <br />thence with the said Grand River to its confluence with <br /> <br />the Gunnison River; thence with the said Gunnison River to <br /> <br />the mouth of the uncompahgre River; thence with the said <br /> <br />uncompahgre River to its source in the summit of the <br /> <br />Snowy Range, opposite the source of the Rio Grande del <br /> <br />3. See Treaty with the utahs--Tabeguache Band, in <br />Appendix B. p. 120. <br /> <br />-7- <br />