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 784 FEDERAL BBPOBTER. �the provisions of the treaty between the United States and the several bands of Ute Indians, proclaimed March 2, 1868. The first section of the enablingact above cited provides "that the inhabitanta of the territory of Colorado, included in the boundaries hereinafter designated, be and they are hereby authorized to form for themselves out of said territory a state govemment, with the name of the state of Colorado, which state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon an eqnal footing with the original states in ail respects whatso- ever, as hereinafter prpvided." �The treaty, which was in force prior to the passage of said enabling act, contains the foUowing provisions : �"Article 2. The United States agree that the following dis- trict ôf country, to-wit: Commencing at that point on the southern boundary line of the territory of Colorado where the meridian of longitude 107 degrees west from Greenwich crosses the same ; running thence north with said meridian to a point 15 miles due north of where said meridian intersects the fortieth parallel of north latitude; thence due west to the western boundary line of said territory ; thence south with said western boundary line of said territory to the southern boundary line of said territory; thence east with said south- ern boundary line to the place of beginning, — shall be, and the same is hereby, set apart for the absolute and undisturbed use and occupation of the Indians herein named, and for such other friendly tribes or individual Indians as, fromtimetotime, they may be willing, with the consent of the United States, to admit among them. And the United States now solemnly agree that no persons, except those herein authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents, and employes of the gov- ernment as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reserva- tions in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article, except as herein otherwiseprovided. �"Art. 6. If bad men among the whites or among other peo- ple, subject to the authority of the United States, shall com- mit any wrong upon the person or property of the Indians, the United States will, upon proof made to the agent and for- ����