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Show UTAH SUPEBIKTENDENCY. 175 the fisheries at and below Salmon Falls, on the Shoshonee river, near the Oregon line, to the sources of that stream, and to the buffalo country beyond. The Shosbonees and Baunacks are tbe onlv nations which, to mv knowled., ea hunt together over the same ground. Replying further to your letter, dated July 22, 1863, I beg leave to refer @ prna v l-ett~er t.o ~the ~Com-mi ssioner. dated Fehrnn~v7 . 1862. in relation to the ~~ - Indian tribes in this superintendkncy; and to add that the bands represented at the treaty of Fort Bridger, on the second day of July last, it was estimated numbered between three and four thousand souls, over a thousand of whom we* present at, and immediately after, the conclusion of the treaty. They are known as Waushakee's band, (who is the principal chief of the nation,) Wonapitz's band, Shauwuno's band, Tibagan's band, Peoastoagah's band, Totimee's hand, Ashingodimah's hand, (he was killed at the battle on Bear river,) Sagowitz's baud, (wounded at the same battle,) Oretzimawik's band, Bazil's hand, Sanpita's band. The bands.of this chief and of Sagowitz wene nearly exterminated in the same battle. The chiefs at this treaty, in fact, represented nearly the whole nation; and they were distinctly informed and they agreed that the annuities ~rovided in this treaty, and such others as might be formed, were for the benefit of all the bands of the Shoshonee nation who might give their assent to their terms; and this has been the understanding at each treaty. At the treaty concluded at Box Elder on the 30th of July, the first ohjeb8 w q to effect and secure a peace with Pokatello, as the road to Beaver Head gold mines, and those on Boise river, as well as the northern Oalifornia and southern Oregon roads, pass through his country. Thercwere present Pokatello'a hand, Tormontso's hand, Sanpite's band, Tosorvetz's band, Bear Hunter's band (all but seven of this band were killed at Bear river battle,) Sagowitz's band. This chief was shot by a white man a few days before the treaty, and couldnot come from his weeLeeup to the treaty ground, but he assented to all of its provisions He and Sanpitx endeavored to be at Fort Bridger, to unite in the treaty there, but did not arrive in time. The chiefs of several smaller bands were also present and signed the treaty, which is considered of more importance than any made this season, in saving the lives. and securing from depredations the pr+ perty of our citizens, emigrants as well as others. These bands are generally known as "the Sheep-Eaters," and their number is estimated at one thousand. At the treaty concluded at Ruby valley, on the 1st of October, the western Shoshonees were represented by the two principal hands, the Tosowitch (Whim Knife) and Unkoahs. From the best information I could get I estimated the western bauds, sometimes called Shoshonee Diggers, at twenty-five hundred souls; but the bauds on the Lower Humholdt and west of Smith's creek am not includedin this eetimate. Governor Nye proposed to meet some of them at Reese river, on his return to Carson from Ruby. At the treaty at Tuilla valley, on the 12th of October, with the Goship or Kumumhar bands, wbo are connected with the Shosbonees, and are chiefly of that tribe, there were three hundred and fifty present. Others from Ihapah. Shell creek, and the Desert, would have joined them but for their fear of the soldiers: they number about one hundred more; and there is also a portion of this tribe who are mixed with the Pahvontee tribe, and occupy the southern part of the Goship country, amounting to two hundred more. They are the poorest and most miserable Indians I have met; they have neither horses nol I have seen several of them at work for farmers at Deep creek and =tsville, and therefore conclude that they would soon learn to cultivate tha ground for themselves, and take care of stock, if they were assisted in a proper way. They have expressed a strong desire to become settled as farmers, and I should be glad to see them located as such, at a distance from the overland mail route. More than 2 hundred of them have been killed by the soldiers during |
