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Show 1 0 Ai'. uuiJ.\ iJWi\ n u n i i j t , i. M'iA. v: U- itAV Np. Mr. HltUNOT. As U- ray has nothing to say, 1 propm.", as this coined bin adjourm- I, that we shake hands, to show we a. c friends and to say good- by. The council was then declared adjourned, and " the commissioners and the Indians parted on friendly terms nfter cm dial hand- shaking HII around. In Ihe evening, U- ray, the head chief of the nation, called upon the commissioner--, and held a lengthy conversation upon tbeevents of the. preceding council days, lit- gave lie- commissioners his earnest assurance, on behalf of his tube, . hat . he whiles need liivc no fears of molestation from the Indians, as they were unanimously determined upon peace. Ite said Ihey were anxious to hear further f. om the uuthoiities at Washington, and to ' know that the Government was willing Hi. d ready to enforce tho treaty obtitrnt- niM. Upon tho last day of the council the goods for distribution bad not yet arrived nt the ngei. cy, and notbiDg could be learned ns to their whereabouts. Tlnt » ef » » , erth.' e. inimi » « mn addressed the following communication to Indian Agent Adams, of Los Pino*, m '" ring him to hold tho goods, whenever they should arrive, ror further eiders from the Interior Department: ** Los FINOS INDIAN* AO'NCY, •• August : tl, 1* 72 " S I R : You are hereby instructed to hold 6iich goods as mny arrive nt your agpney. and intended for distribution to the Indians by the commissionappoiuted to negotiate a t. eaty with the aforesaid Indians, until such time as the Interior Depai. ii. eut may lurward special orders for their disposition. " Yours, very truly, " E . M. McGOOK, • • " Cliai'mun. " JOHN McDONALU, '• JOHN D. I. ANU. " Cviiimissioners, " CiiArtLES ADAMS, Esq., " United Slates Indian Agent, Los Pinos Agency." Official copy: . UIIAIILES E. HAUKINGTON, ./ Secretin JJ. On Sunda3' morning, September 1, IH72, Iho commission left the agency m rou'r home, traveling via Sail Luis Valley, Poncba Pnss, South Pmk. nnd 0tn Pass to C" h. indu Sp'ings, by transportation brought from Port Garland, and l. o Denver, bo. n (. Vlomdn. Springs, by rail, reaching Denver on the. evening or September H, IbT-*. The comiiii> « i » u held a se- siou * nb-fpqueni to i. s return to Denver, to consider the best rowans of furthering the obj.- ett for which it bad been organized, and it was unanimously resolved . hat the commission proceed to Washington without delny. and place tho proceedings of the council b'teie ihe D » « pitrt « mentor the interior, and nwuit further instructions from the Depnrtn ent and ihe l'r » >- i l<- nL' It was nl.- o resolved that Mr. Charles E. Harrington, secretary lu the comuus- ion. ! » •• p*' d lb..*, siici of $ rj per day for each day of his services from August IG, \ r> li, to Sh- pt- euiUei If, 1872. HOD. F. A . W A L K E R , Commissioner vf Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C. \ |