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Show the Mormons, sent two Utahs to request the Mormons not to build houses on their lands, and that when the messengers met the Mormons, they were tied and whipped. They again sent an indian with the same message, and that the Mormons filled him, in consequence of which the indians to redress themselves, and having assembled the greater part of them, they attacked the Mormons with Arms, in which attack they killed three Mormons, and drove the balance off, and took possession of all the provisions that the Mormons had in the fort. I have no knowledge of any such tribe of Indians, as the Capote, nor of any such mountains of Datily La Sal, nor of any settlement or attempted settlement of our people in New Mexico upon any Indian lands reserved to them by the Government. There is a settlement at the Los Begos (sic) and at the Santa Clara on the Mil Road on the Southern route to California from this City, which may be in that Territory, although the Southern boundary of Utah not being determined renders this a matter of doubt, as regards the Settlement in the Santa Clara, but at both of these places there places there never has existed the least difficulty with the native tribes. I have frequently heard from them, and am satisfied that if any trouble ever had existed, or should occur with them, that I should be promptly advised of it. If the Elk Mountain difficulty of which I advised you in my report of the 31st of March which occured in September last, and which results in the breaking up of that settlement, and the death, the least difficulty with the native tribes. I have frequently heard from them and |
