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Show UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. 173 ion of the year. I would also urge upon your department the necessity of fu"rn.~s h. lngt he agent with an ambdance and mules for the use of his agency. I would ask for an appropriation of $!!,000 for the above purposes. I am, very respectfully, yuur obedient servant, LUTHER MANN, JR., Indian AgenL Eon. 0. H. IRISH, Sup't Indian A$ai?.r Great Sa2t Lake City, Utah Territory. No. 63. TERRITOORF UYT AH,S UPERINTENDOEF NINCYD IAAFFNAI RS, Great Salt Lake City, October 21, 1863. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a treaty with the Shoshonee ban& aE the Coship tribe, which was conclpded at Tuilla valley on the 12th October I had orevionslv made a verbal treatv of Deaee (on the 5th October) with the mmain'ingporti&of the soutbernbnnd8"wllo are coAected with the ~ . ~ l k otnit*t; . They gave theirassent toall the yrovision~ contained in this trenry. The l a r p t &ion of these hands hare been killed bv thc rroons duritlc the va?t seaeon. h ~ a otrea 'ty of peace and friendship ci th the m;xed b a d s of bhoshonees aad Bannacks of the Shoshonee (or Snake) River valley, concluded at Soda Spriugs, in Idaho Territory, on the 14th of October. In themonth of September I advised Governor Wallace, by letter, of the proposed treaty, and of the time snd place of holding it, and, agreeably to your suggestion, invited him to be present, but received no answer. I presume my letter did not reaeh him. A--R m anv of these Indians. as also others with whom treaties have been ma& d~ ~~~ &id rcnson, lmve been engaged iu huatilitied, I deemed it proper tbat (;enem1 Ounner, who ctommauds thid nlilitary dintricb,and has been person.rlly in the field n--r-m--in st tbcm-., a -hu uld unite wirl, me in thr eouncila which 11.ive b r c l ~h eld with them, and in forming the treaties of peace. He hss rendered great service lo the government in punishing and subduing them. By the rapid and skilful movement of his troops, and theirrepeated snccessfnl attacks, he has been mainly instrumental in bringing the Indians to acknowledge, for the first time, that t b "Americans" are the masters of the country. I hope these treaties, and the councils which have been held with the tribea with which I was not authorized to make formal treaties, will receive the ap-pmbation of the President. My duties as commissioner being now terminated by the conclusion of trea&s wfth all the bands of the Shoshonee nation, my accounts for treaty expenditas will be prepared and forwarded as soon as possible. Allow me to congratulate the department upon the s~lccessful negotiation of &se treaties, and the restoration of peace with all the tribes within this Terri. b y . I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, $AXES DUANE DOTY, Commissiolser. Hon. WM. P. DOLE, , Commissioner of Indian Affaim. GREATS ALTL AKECI TY, UTAHT ERRITORY, October 21. 1863. SIR: Treaties having been conclnded with all the hostile tribes of Indians tn this country, and peace restored, we deem it proper to inform you of the fact, and |