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Show 124 UTAH SUPERINTENDEXCY. the past p r ne arlyall the Tim-pa-nags nnd Sm-pitches have removed toUintah valley, a n d 'while preserving their organination in part, recognize Tabby as chief. The Tim-plr-nags and San-pitches are mneh more disposed to agricultural pursuits than the Uintahs, and their influence in this respect will be advxntageous. All tbe Utahs are now well disposed and d e siraus of peace, although some months einee there was much dsnger of s gcnerd outbreak. M is more fully detsiled in rnather ~ t i of ~thins rep ort. The Psh-Vants are also favorably dis osed to agn'eultoral pursuits. heir chief, R*nosh, is s most worthy and reli8ble mm, an8with his tribe will probably be removed to the Uintah Valley reservstion during the coming yeal: Early in the s ring I prooured to be ploughed for these Indians, at Cora creek and Deseret, aboot twenty-Pve acres of Imd, and furnished to them seed grain, potatoes, and corn. They have taken the entire care of the crop, and have raised seYeral hundred bushels of whet, corn, and potataes, which will greatly assist them during the eomidg win- Mr. The cooutly now oecu$ed by the Psh-Vanta is destitute of game, nesrly all that por-tion not a desert bein oeoupied by settlements, and it is neoessary to famish to them a eonsiderahle amount oPpraviaions et all seasons of the year. THE PAK-EDES The country occopied by these Indians is almost s desert. They are disposed to fallow stricultnral pursuits, eu1tiva;tine. small tracts of corn and oatatoes. They are the ooorest 11.dinrcs iu ti.* 're~itury, soJ it'ia nvrelanry tiw them r., bk in great prrt'dupported'lg the govcrnnwat and tile bt l t l~9. TLCYw ill Le luclllrd on B I ~ ~ P I P I L ~w~ iJthUo llt diRicnlf,v 10 buun as ILVi uh.anrao.es oi ,bat ~ss16rn? .lo Lr ~nractiwllyd em~nstrated. T l t.i ~oc euvv n w l p all the southern halfof the Territory, snd weill friendiy. THE PAH-UTES. These Indians range principally in the ~outhwestemp ortion of Utah and the southeastern portion of Nemda. They closely teaamble the Pah-Edes, with whom the7 oonstsutiy mingle and mtermarry. The are eqnlllly destituteand in need of aid. Some tmubla occurred be-tween a small band o f these Indians end a party of miners at Pahrsnagst valley, originn-ting in some of the whites, under false pretences, dispossessin6 the Indians of a small val-ley ahere they had been accustomed to raise corn. The Indlsnrr stole several horses in rstdiation. The miners pnl.8oed and killed four Indians, after -,hi& pesce was again ea-txblishsd. No whites were killed. Vith this exception the tribe has been friendly, and in this instance the fault was entirely that of the whites. EDUCATION AND WEALTH. There are no schools of ony kiod yet estsblisl*.d smougthe Indians in U~ah. The wealth of the iltdia8~c o~l s imtl lmo~lC I I I I W I ~i n hone+ of whiih sou^^. hnn~lsh ave a cunsiJerete:e outnb+.r. ?Id alcutrdre rcu.trt ean be mwle io wsoeet to the nuinher owned br the J$rfrrt.~lr bands, but from the best 'mformation I can obtaid I should place it as followe~ Eastern b ~ n d ds f Shoshones .................................................. 600 Northwestern bands of Shoshones ............................................. 100 Weber-Utes ................................................................... 60 Goships ...................................................................... 20 Utshe ........................................................................ -400 Total number of horses.. ...................................... .-.... .... -1 ,070 The horses are all of the breed usonliy known na Murtaopx, bring v ~ r y*m all, but e.xpn-hle of grwt ru.lursoee. Their overagv rains wuuld be pr,baLly nbuur $3G, making the wealth ut lile tribe iu tLo Tenirory 6:+!,1011. INDIAN HOSTILlTIE8. A small band of outlaws. nnder the command of s chief named Blsok Hawk, have been en aged in hostilitiee for nearly two years. Their number did not st first exceed fifiy men. an5 in the ~a r iousk irmishes which bare taken piace, nearly that number have been kilicd, bnt accessions have been continually bad from among the more reckless Indians of the dif-ferent bends, so that their number has increased to ahout sixty men. They have msdarsids upon several of the small and defenceless settlements in the southern ortion of theTsuitory for the purpose of stealing cattle and horses, fighting when pursue8 by the settlers, who sought to recover their stack. During the present gear they hove mad* two soeh raida u on the settlements of Salina and Round valley, stealing in eseh instsnce nee.rly two hun%red cattle md horses. I applied in April lest to the 05-r in command of the United States foxes at CampDonglas, in thisTerritory, asking him to station one or twoeompaniesof 801- diers in the southeastern portion of the Territory to protect the settlere. He was not able to do 80, however, 88 he was expecting that all hi commend, being volunteers, wouldshortly |
