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Show UTAU SUPERINTENDEPI'CY. 207 to this place onceqr twice a yearfor presents. They number about 102 souls- 32 Indians, 30 squaws, and PO children. They seem to be orderly and well disposed, and no Indian is allowed to live in their camp who will not obey the instructions of their chief, which are good and against all immorality. Jo's band is located in and about San Pete reservation, who claim great neg-ligence- on the part of government. Par Vans and Pie Edes I have not visited, having no means of conveyance, but have been credibly informed of the extreme poverty of the Pie Edes, and their great desire to be assisted in cultivation of lands, and to become agri-culturists. ' AB per your instructions, I vikited the western part of the Territory. I found the Goshee Utes, White Horse heing tbeir chief, settled in large numbers along the California mail line, from Simpson Springs to Egan caiion, mostly at Deep and Shell Creek stations. They appear to be very friendly and well dis-posed, and were in a deplorable condition in the middle of winter, not one-half of them with either blanket or shirt, and but one wiclii2cp amongthem, except sage brush or boughs. Without the aid of government the past winter they must, a great portion of them, have perished. I issued goods to them in Feb-ruary last, although but a small amount, not one-half what they ought to have had. They signified that it .was more than all th'ey ever got before from their Great Father, and were well satisfied, with great rejoicing among them that they had not been forgotten. There being no settlements upon the road exFpt the mail stations, the country almost entirely destitute of fish and game, it seems absolutely necessary that something should be done for their permanent good and maintenanee. The Indian reserve at Deep creek is well located, with a good quality of land, and no Indians have I seen that are more anxious a farm should be started than these. They proposed to make the adobes and. help build a house if I would ,' come and improve the farm, which seems to he very necessary for several reasons: Ist, the general face of the country is the poorest I ever saw, which abounds in deserts and mountains, and is almost destitute of game, which makes it ab-solutely necessary. the Indians shonld be supported, starve, or ated from the Overland Mail Company; 2d, the distance from a wheat-growing country, cost of transportatiofi makes it very expensive to feed them; 3d, their great anxiety to cultivate the land. raise their own orovisions. and become amicnlturints: 4th. 0 ~ ~ ~ , thrir crrn.lnle poverty ;equires govrhmcnr to sujt~in them, or pnwidr mc.ans wl~eretty thvy mu sustain themselves; Sth, tlrose Iadinud u+um pver~tml:nt boa fcd 3rd clorl~ed for a nurubrr of vean, withagut n,ouirir~r their srrvice.p to hrlr, sustain themselves, their minds b"eing without em~loym~onrt anxiety for the; own maintenance, have run into all manner of vices, supersiitions, and drunken-ness, and large ntmbers of them die *ith venereal diseases.: 6th.. it is better tllrir tilw >lt,oold he occnpird, ~vhiclk~e r p tlleln frolo l~ndj sciety, s c r ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ u l n t i n g a\! the had hebita, an1 rcry 1i.w or' the good o~lesn, l~ircp t:opl~a re 5ul i~r tto , whicl~i s rhararreriatir of the Indiat~a, nd irretniv;~lrlr~lo s , 1ir it ir ;ilrr.~?ari m-possible to improve on an Indian of these habits-time is lost andmoney thrown away. I cannot too strongly recommend the improvement and the locating of these Indians upon this reservation; also upon the creek running through this reserve I would suggest the propriety of building a small flouring mill, with a-tmo-and- a-half-feet burr-stone, with a bolt cloth of No. 4 or G fineness, it being about one huhdred and twenty-five miles to the nearest Gill, and the country is so poor it will never sustain but few inhabitants; consequently it will he a good many years, if ever, a mill is built by individual enterprise. A mill here would be sufficient for the present for all the Indians in the western part of the Terri-tory. Also, I would suggest the propriety of the erection of a blacksmith ahop and employing of a blacksmith for the benefit of the Indians of this reservation. The Shoshones, or Snakes. of which Tomoke, Buck, and Quads are their |
