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Show S3 speoial agents had been sent to investigate and was not paid till ten years afterwards. A memorial of the Utah legislattire for an appropriation to cover the expense of Indian expeditions was referred to the House Committee on Military Affairs, in January 1353. It reported in January 1S55 that it had not sufficient data to advise on refunding to Utah her expenses in suppressing Indian outbreaks. In March 1S57, the United States voted against a motion authorizing the secretary of war to settle the accounts of Utah Territory for moneys drawn in suppressing hostilities in 1853. The occupation of territory under such conditions was of course resented by the original owners of the soil, and it is no matter of surprise that the small detachment of United States troops lost more in number between 1 the years 1S53 and IS56 than did the Mormons.• Bancroft, Hubert Howe, History of Utah, p. ^ 79. |
