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Show Territory extending north and south and westerly from the settlements and bordering upon the Desert as related in my former report of Sept. 13/51 have as yet never come under the influence of a settlement of whites; out in Tooele and other places made such inroads upon the settlements, which altho' in their vicinity were yet upon other Indians lands, as to compel the citizens in order to ensure their own safety to repel them and seek to break up their haunts by force. These are the Indians that so infest Mary's river. It was supposed that some Panaks and Shoshones attracted hither by their success in plunder had joined them; but a small representation from those tribes inhabiting in the vicinity of Fort Hall with whom I conversed a few days since, strenuously deny that either of their tribes or any part of them have ever gone there, and they seemed totally ignorant of the fact if any such existed; although they admitted that they had heard rumours of emigrants being robbed and killed upon that river. Availing myself of the protection afforded in the emigration to California I intended to send out an expredition to treat with the Indians on Mary's river this season, and had prepared instructions accordingly to Major Holeman. At this time the copy of his report herein alluded to having arrived, I improved an early opportunity of calling upon him hoping that his longer residence in the Territory and more extended acquaintance had served to correct the views which he had so erroneously entertained and expressed. I sincerely |
