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Show 158 UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. parties have by degrees deprived them of no inconsiderable amount of atmk killed and captured. While en route to the agency this spring a united party of Sioux, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes, about 300 warriors, led by a son of Rod Cloud, attacked Washakie. A lengthy fight ensued. Their leader and several of the opposing party were killed. Four Sho-shones were killed, and a number wounded. who have mostly recovered. The attacking pa& captured about 80 hokes These were a part of the kame combination of refractory warriors who refused to be present at the recent visit of the peace iommissioners at Fort Laramie, who, later, kiUed a number of prospectors in Wind River valley! and have more recently committed a series of atrocities along the Un~on Pacific railroad and on the route from Benton to South Pass. The hostility of thwe tribes will Ile a telupuraly (lr;~vbackto the pt.acefnl oc.eupatic,; of the resrrv;~tiousa llotted to the 111diand of this agency. An rlfort i~ beine made on the oart of the Crows to urocure oeice. to which I heard nu oi;l~c~s~to~no tnh k part of \4ra~hakie,~t l~~' nhg~ihg uitied hi8 desire that f i~Irl lat yilrpow they Meet him in the preuener ot some govc,rnuleut o5cial. I since.relv hove that the late treaties with the Sioux and their co~~fe(leratetrxil l b"e thi, means oi wilhcl~.awingt hem t'rouk tlie ricioiw of r l~ein clians nncler IIIJ enre, who nlny thrn 8peedily seeun5t he a11va11- tams of the hPatv of .lulv 3. 1868. nud nt rlre san~cri m', UJ themsrlvcn an?d their properti, seedy while hunting. A decrease, consequent upon their losses in fig'c:, and by such dis-eases as are prevalent, is manifest. While at the agency the paat 8pring a number of deaths oocurred, with but few exceptions among children. The diseases most Fatal have been whooping cough, with some compli-cation, result of exposed habits, and diarrhea among children. Inter-mittent and continued fevers are frequent and severe among adults, especially women. Such deaths as have under my notice occurred among adults have been from old age. The lon.e, detention to await the oeace commissioners. alreadv alluded to, gave rise u, ia~yatiellce, and in ;.onsequence, vhen iboped'to obtain the IIIOS~ cumplete estimate of popidation I fouud r;-.:tny ahsent. There were ~~reerautt oue time. of both tribes. about 1.7%. Of these .I60 were ~(annocks;t l~ere~nai~~de'Sho~hu~~easp,ipnr oxihaw~Sth e fi)llo\riug pro-po1. tio118: Ot mnlen h.twrc*n the ages oi 15 aud 60 ymra, 40U; adult ' f'imalt~sa ud mrlx over 12 year3 old. 500: the relun~nder.c 81~ildrenti ~om iuthnc,~to 10':ymrs old. he 3bov; estimate docs uot inkludr c111ite half of the Banuorks, who under the new t rean are placed ul~clert he control of this agencv. 'The v. roa.o rtious are about the same as herein detailed, as relnt~;;g to age3 :and RCXPS anlong tbr Shoslrours. TI)? geueral sorial condition of tlie lndi.111i~n III) enre is good. A few sm:~ll hands bnw for R ear or two 113~1th iled to vinit the buffalo couu- , try, being unwilling to expose their property to the predatory visits of hoshle Indians. These have remained near here, on Green river, where a suflicienoy of game is found to subsist them, and whereby they obtain a large quantity of salable skius. This diphution of his strength is not satisfactory to Washakie; hence I have instructed all who have the means and are not too aged belonging to these bands to follow Washa-kie, impressing them with the fact that he alone is recognized as their head, and assuring them that if they expect to share the rewards they must participate in all dangers incident to the tribe. For the purchase of medicines and medical attentions, and for other incidental expenditures, I deem a small contingent fund for the use of this agency advisable. Such articles of traffic as the Indians themselves possess are usually exhausted in the purobsse of sugar, coffee, tea, and |
