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ernment, agreeing to cease hostile action in any way. From 

 what I can learn, they have lived up to their side of the agree- 

 ment. The goods and money-payment part of this treaty by 

 the government were all fulfilled and the Indians turned loose 

 to look out for themselves for many years. Recently, through 

 a work-up agitation, they were given reservations and were 

 again segregated on reservations. A part of the tribe was 

 placed on the Skull Valley reservation, near Grantsville, Utah ; 

 and the remainder were placed on the Deep Creek reservation. 

 The executive order establishing this reservation bears date of 

 March 23, 1914. 



As the Deep Creek section of the Goshutes began to civilize 

 they were gathered in by the Mormon Church at Deep Creek, 

 and for a number of years they were fathered by the church 

 there. Then they were moved up to the site of the present re- 

 serve and the Mormon Church bought them a little tract of 

 land there and also acquired a right to certain water for irriga- 

 tion purposes. The church held the title to this land for a 

 v»^hile, then deeded it over to the Indians. Soon, then, white 

 men began to encroach on the Indian water rights. This led 

 to a lengthy case of litigation, in which the Indians won a third 

 of all the water of the entire watershed, and still hold the same 

 with their new^ly constituted reserve. 



Since the forming of the reservation many questions as to 

 the Indian's status have arisen. One was with reference to 

 the Indian's hunting. The Indians carried their case to the 

 honorable commissioner and won their point. He decided 

 that the order establishing the reservation left these lands 

 "without the jurisdiction of the state, and therefore should 

 Indians hunt thereon they would not be amenable to the state 

 laws. They must, however, observe the federal law relative to 

 hunting and killing migratory birds, and should they dispose 

 of their catch while off the reservation they would be subject 

 to the state laws for having such game in their possession, if in 

 violation thereof." 



These Indians, like all Indians, are great gamblers ; and be- 

 sides playing our games, they have a game of their own called 

 ni-ay-way, at which they spend too much valuable time. Be- 

 low is a description of the game : 



