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Show 206 REPORT OF THE selection of a very large tract of land for a pasture, (about one thou-sand acres,) a very large portion of which is very excellent farming land, and which can be fenced and irrigated at comparatively trifling cost. At the cities of Springville and Provo no selection for a pasture has as yet been made, in consequence of the disinclination of the chief, High-forehead, or Tanta-buggar, at Springville, to make any at pre-sent, and on the part of Tintick, at Provo, in consequence of sickness. During my visit to Palmyra I learned from some of the Indians that three horses had been stolen by the Sanpitch Indians at the San Pete settlement in San Pete county, and through the agency of Sanpitch and Tabba, two Utah chiefs which I employed for the purpose, I succeeded in recovering two of the three horses and restored them to their owners, and I think that I mill be able to recover the other one. Six horses have also been stolen from the citizens of Spring-villc. 1 have taken measures for their recovery ahich I hope will prove buccessful. The condition of the various bands of Indians in the southern section of the Territory is not so good as in former years, in consequence of the great scarcity of grain, which has prevented the settlements from being as liberal as formerly, and I would renew my recommendi~tion made iu a former report, fbr the privilege of pur-chasing wheat, corn, flour, and some cattle for the sustenance of the Inclians. As the winter approaches I am more and more deeply im-pressed with the belief that immediate action in this case is greatly needed. On the first of the present month a treaty of peace was held at Great Salt Lake city between the Shoshonee or Snake Indians and the Utahs. I mas not present at the treaty, my presence being re-quired at the time in the more southern section, and as I presume a full report will be made to the Department of Indian Affairs by your escellencv. as well as bv the acent. Dr. Garland Hurt. I deem it un-necessary"& say any more on &is Abject. I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obcclient servant, GEORGE 'CV. ARMSTRONG, Indian Agent. His Excellency BRIGEAMYO UNG, Ex O@&o Sqneriniendent of Indian dfnil.s. No. 103. DEPARTIIENOBT TEE INTERIOR, Oflce of fi~dian.A ffaks, March l G , 1855. I : Referring to my letter to you of the 8th August last, and ncknowleJging yonr response of September 29, I have now to inform you tbat SOU llitve bcen designated by the President, as the officer of the Indian Department, to negotiate articles of convention under the appaopriation of $30,000 by the act of July 31,1854, with the Apache, Navajoe and Utah Indians, in New Mexico, by which permanent and well defined relations of amity shall be established between them and the United States. As the purchase and transportation of goods and implements from the Atlantic cities might involve too great a delay, you are authorized from time to time to procure goods, agricultural implements, or other |