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Show 140 UTAH SUPERINTENDENCT. in Utah Territory at that time, I now have the honor to submit a few plain facts in connexion therewith, as illustrative of the mutations to which ow policy in this regard, not the less rightfc~lly dominant than beneficent, is subjected, and premonitory for information as far as my experience and judgment may render it advantageous. I am warranted in doing so, from a letter dated July 1, 1861,'from Benjamin Davies, superintendent of Indian affiirs for Utah Territorv,., (No. 1, herewith,) \ i n+t n~c t i n i~ton ~ra.k e charge of t h ~en tire superil~tt,ndctrcyd uring Lir :,b~cnce; 2nd nlpo from the fncr rhnt rhere 1111. hcn no otbvr apnt, l.rsidr3 myaclt', in the Territory lor wnle tin,: uast : and a: to a sunerinrc~~dendru rinr rhe two and a half ye& of my serviceas 1ndian agent, owkg to the 'equen~changes in the superintendency there has not been any over one-third of this time. The number of Indians in my agency proper is about the same as at my laat report. That in the whole Territory is very large. The Indians are exceedingly poor, not less than five hundred of them depending entirely upon the govern-ment for food and clothin on account of the almost entire absence of game for them to subsist upon, aufabso1nte1~m ust be eared for and provided with sub-sistence by the government; and if this be withheld absolute want will impel them to the commission of depredations, and an Indian war will inevitably follow. Whites (Mormons) have been permitted to take possession of all the valleys in the Territory, wherein, heretofore, the Indians were enabled to urocwe a subsistence. A It is true, however, that the government has set apart three small reservations, 'to wit: Spanish Fork, containing about fifteen thousand acres, but surrounded by a large Molmon population, who have no particular regard for the welfare of the Inaians, from the fact that they have surveyed said reservation with the avowed intention of taking possession of it, as my letter to the department, dated July 2, 1861, will show, (No. 2, herewith.) Oorn Creek reservation is yet small, closely surrounded by white settlements, which renders it very nearly valueless as an Indian reservation, because of the Indians continually coming into contact with the whites. San Pete reservation is worthless, and abandoned by the suS erintendent in the spring of 1860. Winter valley has been recently set apart or the benefit of the Indians ; and a more humane scheme thus pro-posed could not have been devised by the government. It is, in fact, the only place of resort for a very large number of Indians. This valley is extensive in size, and fertile. It will make, with the' proper improvements, a fine farming country, besides which, part of the Indians will be removed a hundred miles from the white settlements-proving, thereby, bene-ficial to both races. It may be proper here to state that there is a question as to whether the government agents will be permitted to hold and occupy this valley as a reser-vation, notwithstanding the govel.nment has set it apart for the benefit of the Indians, for the reason that the Mormon people, on the 5th instant, were sending out a large emigration of settlers for the purpose of taking possession of it, said to be done by the order of President Young, their prophet. If the settlers should persist in its occupation and retention, it will be impossible for the gov-ernment officials to do anything without sufficient force wherewith to sustain themselves. Brigham Young is absolute, so also is his decree, the government's wishes to the contrary notwithstanding, unless more lo a1 counsels should prevail. rl h7 ere being no superintendent in the '{erritory from September, 1859, to November, 1860, more than a year, in consequence of Superintendent Forney'a removal, and the delay of his successor in reaching his post, Superintendent Forney having left a large amount of debts unpaid, thereby seriously impairing the credit of the department, and being not only without a superintendent but |