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Show 212 UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. that he has no orders to advance his troops into this Territory nor into the Washington Terribly. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JANES DUANE DOTY. Hon. W. P. DOLE, Commissioner of Indian Affaira. The federal authorities in Utah and Brigham Young have Getween them 8 question of veracity to settle, as will be seen by the following correspondence. Brigham does not want any troops sent to Utah. It might interfere with his pretended State government. Aprd 11, 1862. The Indians in Utah are robbing the Overland Mail Company of their horses and provisions, and destroying their stations, and declare the paper wagons shall be stopped within two months. They are killing the cattle of the inhabit-ants and demanding provisions of them and of the superintendent, in an insolent and threatening manner, and 2,000 Shoshones are now entering the northern settlements, demanding food and clothing. An imperative necessity demands immediate military protection for the mail company and settlers. We ask that the superinte6dent of Indian affairs, James Duane Doty, be anthorized by the Secretary of War to raise and put in service immediately, nuder Eis command, at the expense oP the general government, a regiment of mouhted rangers from inhabitants of the Territory, with officers appointed by him, each man to furnish his own home, clothing, arms and equipments, to serve three months, or longer if required, or until troops of the United States can reach the Territory, and that he he authorized to procure the necessary sub- . sistence. FRANK FULLER. : Gournor & Utah. NNEY, , Tem'tmv of Utah. :. ~ h k , ~~ Zenwal, Utah. FREDERICK COOK, Assistant !ll-eeruurw Ouerland Mail Company. - H. S. R. ROWE, Gvperintcndmt Ouwland Mail Company. E. R. PURPLE, Agmt Overland Mail Company. JOSEPH HOLLADY, Agent Emtern Dimision Overland Mail Com-pany. W. B. HIBBAD, Assistant Superintmdmt Pacific Tekgraph Campmy. Hon. EDWINM . STANTON, Semeta~yo f War, .Wadhington. GREARS ALTL AKECI TY, * April 14, 1862. I am informed that e &alegram .has been forwarded from here over the sig-natures of Frank Fuller, L F. Kinney, and six others, not one of whom 1s a permanent resident in this Territory, to the Secretary of War, asking him to |