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Show 18 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIBB. Pyramid Lake, and one on Truckn River, of limber for the use of the In-dians at PyramidT~ake. Tl~ePah-Utes,~~umberi~~gaboutethiogula~at~ ld, for whose use and benefit they were set apart, do not ali reside upon them, many being scattered through the towns and settlements. The superintendent suggests that the reservations be abandoned, as the In-dians will be more benefited by being settled with the whites, for whom they could work, though they will not farm for themselves. They will labor for farmers, and none need suEer for want of employment, as it can be given bythe Pacific ra~lroad contractors and by miners. He recommends that the agency at Pyramid Lake be done away with, and that there be established two local agents, one at Fort Wadsworth, on the railroad, and the other at Belmont, Nye Connt~. The Washoes, a remnant of a once powerful tribe, closely related to the Digger Indians of California, are scattered over a large extent of countrv alon.e, the western border of the State: thev eather around the ~ ~ torrns y~nds t.rrlt~aenfnb, egging, :,nut1 working lirtl;>,'ihc urost clestin~te ut'all th~I!u di:u~si n the Stnre. Their uumher is small, aljout five 11un-dred, and it would be well, if practicable, to place them upon a reserva-tion under the care of an agent. It is, however, doubtful whether they could be induced to assent to such an arrangement. More is received by this small tribe from the government than is given to all the Pah- Utes together. Other Indians in this State are a band of Bannacks, in the north, who range into Oregon and Idaho, and another of Shoshones, in the west and south, who properly belong to Utah superintendency, and who are peaceably d~sposed, receiving but little assistance from the government. In the eountry of the latter great discoreries of mineral wealth have been made, and miners are rapidly coming in who, so far, have not disturbed the Iudians, but have been of benefit to them, it is said, by bringing into the country many comforts the Indians were be fore unable to procure. A special agent has recently been appointed to take charm of the Pah-Utes. n~unberinz. DerhaD.3. three thousand. in rile aontil;~itstp :irr of Neval:~k lld tile ac~J:t&~e~iutl ;try Iyilrgin l\riz;no arltl [.tall 'I'rrrilories, who 1s to report 1111on thrlr ec~odirion ancl IIIC practicability of concentrating themupon reservations. ARIZONA. -4 large, mild, and apparently ontamahlo body of Tr~diat~asr e rm-bnlc3etl i l l t l ~ i s > u l ~ e r i n f c - o ~ol~~u~~~.qdc; ~.so:~untrtalg es l ) ,t~he n1 Illton eiti-zens are of frequent occurrence, and will occur & long as they are al-lowed to roam at will and are certain of safety from pursuit in their mouutainous places of retreat. Beingunder the surveillance and jnris-diction of the military, this department has but little intercourse with them. It is known, however, that during the past year mmy of the citizens have been killed, others wounded, and a large quantity of prop-erty stolen by the warlike and vicious Apaches, and it is only by the presence and power of the military that they are prevented from depop-ulating the Territory of its miners and settlers. Some of these deeds may, it is supposed, be traced to the Apaches across the line, in Bonora, for it is believed that the outrage npon the mail and party in charge, in June or July, while en route between Mesilla, New Mexico, and Tuc-son, e z o n a , was committed by them. The estimated population of the super~ntendencyis about thirty-four thousand. As with the Indians in California, so with these, they arenot in treaty relations with the United States. Two reservations have been set apart for the use of the most peaceable of the tribes, one of which is the Phna and Marioopa reswua- |
