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Show No. 36. OFFICE SUPERINTENDENTIN DUN AFFAIRS, UTAH, Great Salt Loks City, Az~gvat 13, 1866. SIR: Wash~kes, the chief of theeastem bands of Shoshones, with some three hundred of his men, oilme in e few days since to make me 8. visit. He wesrs shout his neck the medal which yon sent him by Judge Carter, of Fort Bridger, and with which he is eaoeed-ingly pleased. T>.e enclosed phvtograph was takeken ilt the time of his visit, and is s Tery ' good likeness. He is by far the nobleat-Iaolring Indlso I have ever seen. and his record is nntitrnished hp a single mean snrtion. In your lwt, report you recommended that mcdala he given Wllshalreo and Ranosh, chief of the Pah-Yam, who is equally deserving of such FS testirnonid. If possible, I beg yon will send me a medal to he presented to Ranosh; I shell visit his tlibe in l~bonst ix weeks, if the new goads arrive when I expect them, and would, like to tske it with me. It could be safely transmitted by 1naiL Very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. H. HEAD, Suysnntandent. Hon. D. N. COOLEY, Cummistoner of Indian A fairs. No. 37. UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY, Great Salt Lolie Citg, Upril30, 1866. SIR: Black Hmvlr, n somewhnt prominent rhief of the Utsh Indians, has been engaged for more than a. year past in active hostilities apioat the settlements in the nouthern portion of this territory. His band consisted nt first of but fortyfour man, who were mostly on& laws snd desperate chsraotsrs from his own and other tribes. During the summer and autumn of 1865 he made several successful forays upon the weak and unprotected settle-ments in Ssn Pete and Sevfer counties ; killed in d l fhirty-two whites, end drove away to the mountains upwards of two thousand rattle and horses. Forty of his wsrriora were killed by the settlers in repelling hia diffcrent attacks. His ~nccess in stealing, however, enabled him to feed sbundsntly 8nd rnount all Indians who joined him, and the prestige acquired by his raids was sur.h that his numbers were constantly on the increase, despite his oeoasionnl losses of men. He s eot the winter near where the Grand sna Green rivers unite to farm the Colorado. On tge 20th instant he amain com-menced his depredations b making an attwk upon Salina, a small settlementqn Sevier county. He succeeded in iriuing to the mountains about two hundred cattle, killing two men who vore guarding them, and compelling the abandonment of the settlement. His bmP, from what I consider entil.ely reliable information, now numbem one hundred I warriors, one-half of whom are Navajoes from New Mexico. I am very apprehensive that 1 unless Black H ~ w iks severely olraatiaed, s n Indian war of considerable magnitude may be ' inaugurated. He has never get met with a serious reverse, hsving always attacked small settlements or unprotected families. IIe has thus acquired a considerable reputation among the various Indian tribes, and I fear many of the more adventurous will join hint from the hands now friendly. The ili.feeling engendered by the death of San Pitch, and b j the uearly st8min condition of the Indians on the Uintah reservation, concerning which I had , the honor to &$dress you on the 23d instaut, will tend to promote this result. In view of these eireumstsnces, and for the purpose of reventin accessions to the ranks of the hostile Indiana, I have, after oonsultsrion with &Ternor Surkee, desired Colonel Potter, oommanding the United Statas troops in this district, to send two or three companies of soldiers to that portion of theTerritory to protect the settlements and repel further sttaoks. , I have a180 Sent Indian runners to have im interview with Binek Hawk, and to urge him to meet me for the purpone of est~blishinga permnnent peace. I have little hope, however, that he will do this,.at least before he is defeated with the lusa of some portion of his war-nor*, m he has heretofore been boldly defiant, &ting with aeorn all overtures for peace. Colonel Potter has telegraphed to General D0dg.e for instructions in reference to my appli-estion. I should be much pieased to have an expression of gotrr views as to the polioy to bbo further pursued in this matter. Very respectfully, your moat obedient servant, P. H. HEAD, Superintendent. Hon. D. N. COOLEY, Comissionor of India1 Afnirr, il'oahinqcun D C |
