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Show LII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. dite of April 16, 1886 (transmitted by the Department to Lieuteiiant- Geueral Sheridan), Maj. EdwardP. Bosh, of the Sixth Infantry, in pur-suance of General Sheridan's orders, was detailed to make an iuvestiga. tion of the condition of affairs at the agency. The report of Major Bush, md areport of theinspection of said agency by Inspector Robert S. Gard-ner, were received by .me, by Department reference, dated the 17th of Jnne; 1886.. It appeared from these reports and other correspondence, and from personal interviews with Mr. Carson and Special Ageut Par-sons, who had just returned from the agency, that the disposition and behavior of the Indians had been such as to cause great uneasiness among'st, the employ6s of the Government &siding with them, and fears were entertained that, noloss they were restrained b~ the presence of a powerful military force, their vicious propensities might lead them to acts of violence. The attitude of the Indians was shown to be defiant and dictatorial towaras the ~o~ernmentofficiaalan d employ6s. Being remote from the settlements they had seen but little of civilized life, and did not seem to know or dread the power of the Qorernment. Mr. Carson stated thathe was informed by the Indians that the Mormons had told them that the Indians and Mormons cornbined aould soccess-fully resist the Cfovernient troops. Major Bush reco~amendedt hat o four.company post be established at the ju~!ct.ion of the Du Cheme and Uintah ~ i p k r os r in Ashley Valley. Inspector Gardoer was of opinion thatat least five or six companies should be stationed at or near the ageucy, in view df the wild and almost ungovernable element existing among the younger and impetuous men of the tribe. Fmm Special Agent Parsons it was,learned that the White lliver Utes of the Uintah Reservation were also showing signs of restlessness,' if not insubordination, the head cbief of whom stated that they would no longer submit to having the ~eelrerpensioupsa id out of their ailrloity money. These Whit,e River Utes will he remembered the perpetra-tors of the Meeker massacre a fern years since. On the 23d of Jnne, 1886, I made a report to the Department, tecom-mendkg that the subject be laid before the War Department, with re-quest for the immediate establishment of a military post at such point as should be found upon inrestigatior~t o be most ~uitablet o meet the . requirements of the situation, the garrison to be sufficiently strong to maintain ordqr and enforce obedience on the'part of the Indians. As a result of this, on August 7,1886, Specialorder No. 09 was issued frolo headquarters Department'of the Platte, Omaha, Nebr., e~tablishinga permment cantonment, to be known as Fort Du chesne, in the rieinity of the p r a y Agency, and near the couflnence .of the Do Chesi~ea nd Uint,ah Rivers, Utah. It is situated about 3 miles ahove.the mouth of the Uintah, on the road between the two agencies. Six corupsnies were designated for the garrison. Under date of August 16, 1886, United States Special Agent E. E. White, then in charge of both agencies, transmitted to this office a copy |
