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Show UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. 365 iI oart of the Territory. The number of these is variouslv estimated a t I &om one to three' tgousand. 'I The supposed total number of Indians in Utah Territory is as follows: Sho-sho nes, or Snakes. ...............................................4 ,500 Ban-nacks ............................................................... 500 Uinta Utes ............................................................... 1,000 Spanish Fork and San Pete farms ................................. 900 Pah-vant, (Utes) ...................................................... 100 Pey-utes, (South) ............................................... 2,200 Pey-utes, (West) ...................................................... 6,000 Elk mountain Utes .................................................. 2,000 ............................................... I Wa-sho of Honey lake - 700 18,500 I -- I The Sho-sho-nes claim the northeastern portion of the Territory for about four hundred miles west, and from one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five miles south, from the Oregon line. The Utes claim the balapce of the Territory. I CONDITION OF Trn INDIANS. I have visited within the last twelve months every portion of this Territory where it is supposed Indians are living, except the Carson agency and Elk mountain. The public interest required me to visit different portions several times during the last year, and my almost constant intercourse with the Indians has afforded me ample opportunities to become familiar with their true condition. The tribe of Snakes, under chief Washakee, and the small tribe of Ban-nacks, living in the regions northeast, near Fort Bridger, go east yearly to hunt the elk and buffalo ; this, with still considerable game in their country, keeps them from absolute want. The balance of the Indians in Utah are extremely poor. The utmost ingenuity is put in requisition to sustain life ; they eagerly seek after everything containing a life-sustaining element, such as hares, rabbits, antelope, deer, bear, elk, does, lizzards, snakes, crickets, grasshop-pers, ants, roots, grass-seeds,%ark, &c. Many men, women, and children are entirely naked. With some of the Indians, stealing cattle, horses, mules, &c., is a matter of necessity-+teal or starve. It is my clear conviction that the immigration of a white population into the Territory has had a deleterious effect upon the Indian. Game cannot exist except in the fertile watered valleys ; these, with a few exceptions, are occupied by a thrifty population, and, consequently, the game is exterminated. It is proper to remark that those Indians who roam adjacent to the settlements, have received, and are receiving, considerable aid from the inhabitants. All the tribes and bands visited by me have received presents, such |