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Show 42 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAX @FAIRS. It was soon fannd that the f e w of the white settlers were gronndlesq and that the Indiana themselves were much more terrified than the whites. 6 In the n ~ a tnim e the Commission sent for deIegations of Indiana representing the tribes of Utes, Go-si Iltea, Northwestern Shoshoneeq and Western Shoshonees; and after meeting s number of these delegations at its camp near Salt Lake City, soeh informe tion was obtained as led to a request for further conference with the Department con-cerning the best oourae to be pursued with these Indians in the light of the facts thus ,-,l"r+"~-in.*r"l -.~. In consequence of such reqnest, one of the apeaial eommiasioners, Mr. J. W. Powell, war inatruoted to reporc to the Department at Washington. On his arnvisl, the following statement to the Commissioner of Indian Maim wss made : W ~ G T O DN. ,C; , Jvns 18,1873. . 20 tke kmwabls Cm.nlissioner of~ndian Affai18: Sm: Yanr attention is reapectfolly eslled to the foUawiog~tatemenot f the oondition of the Indisns inhabitiag Utah, Nevada, Southern I d~h oN, orthern Arizona, and South-eastern California, who are not yet collected on resarvstions. These Ind'iana me Utes, Pai-Utes, Go-o-si Utes, Northwestern Shoshoneas, Western Shoshonees, and Pa-vi-6-tsoes, (designated in the Indian reports as Psh-Utea.) Of the Ute8 not an reseraation there care two prinoipal tribes, the Pah-vants and Senv-*rit8. The Pah-vants are on Corn Creek near Fillmore, in Utsh Territory, and 'in the report of the Commissioner of Indian ~ k a i r fso r 1872 are aetimated to nnmher 1,200. These Indians are under a ohief named Ka-nosh ; they sobaist by oultivnting the soil to a limited axtent,.hy gathering seeds, froit, and rootq and also by hunting; hot obietly by begging from bhe white settlers of the connw. Their oondition is hwtter than that of anrother of the Indians under aonsideration. The chief, Ka-nosh, is an Indian of great ability and wisdom, and is doing all he can tu induce his people to cultivate the soil. He not only rai8iseg grain enough for himself and family, hnt uanally has s qnmt.it.g to sell, fro!" which he derives a raspeotahle revenue. His infiosnoe is not confined to the tribe over which he has immediate conrmand, hut extends to greater or less ex-tent over moet of the Iod'iane of Central Utah. The Senv-a-rits inhabit t,he country htween the Sanpate md SevierTalley~o,n the west, and the Green and Colorado Rivers on the e&. No definite information has been obt,ained ooncerniog the number of this tribe. In the fall of 1671, one of yonr Camn~issionara mete partyof them on the banks of . the nevier, and counted thirty-one lodges. These poople live hr hnntiug and fishing and eolleot seeds and froits. They me well mounted, are a wild, daring people, and very skillful in border warfare. I t may be safely stated that for the last ten Sears they have subsisted chiefly on the spoils of ww. In their raids they have been assooit%ted with the Nay-a-jos sndUtns, who in-hahit the country to the ewt of the Colorado River. The Pai-Utes inhabit Southern Utah, Southern Nevada, Northern Arizona, and Southeatern California. There is s, sum11 tribe in the vicinity of Reaver, and another at Pmawan, whose numbers are unknown. A third tribe is usually found encam ed somewhere in the vicinity of Cedar. The pxinaipal ohief of the Pai-Utes $Utah, Tau-gu, usually remaim wit,h this tribe. In the winter of 10-'2 the tribe was visited by one of your Commissioners, and forty-three lodges were aonhted. There is a tribe in Lon" Valley, numbering ahont 125 persons, and one in Kanab Valley, nurnLarin,a 107. fiere are a few Indiana on the Paria River, whose nombers ark unknor\,n, aud there is a small tribe on the eastern side of the Colorado, new the line between 71t~tahm d Ariaona,unmbsring 47. The U-in-kar-ets, dwelling among the U-in-kar-et Mountains in Northern Arizona, nuntber about 60. The Shew-wits inhabit the Sheav-wit platean in Northern Arizona, and n~mber shout 180. Tho tribes of Pai-Utes thus enumerated sre anch as have not been heretofore incloded in the report of the Pioche Ageuoy. Of the remtaiodar who properly belong to that agency, and who inhehit SouthwesternUtah, Sontherp Nnvada, Sontheaatern California, and Nort,hern Arizonn, your Commissioners have but little more knowledge, than is already before the Depariment. It is sofficient to atate that they are scattered 1n small tribes, and hold alle$ianoe to nmny petty cbiefs. All the Pai-Utessubaist in part by culti\-ating the mil, some of them raiaing the grain and vegetables introduced by white rnh, others cultivating native seeds. They also collect unoultirsted aeeds, fruits, and roots. A few of them ooeasionally work for white men, and they also dependvery largely on bagging, and are a serious burden to white settlers. '. |