Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Accompanying the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1857

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Title Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Accompanying the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1857
Subject Indians of North America; Federal government; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Uintah and Ouray Agency; Indian agents; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Latter Day Saints; White people--Relations with Indians; Land use; Ute Indians--History; Missionaries; Agriculture; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Indian Agency; Reservations; Annual Report; Superintendency; Native Americans
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Tribe Ute; Goshute; Navajo; Shoshone; Paiute
Language eng
Description Excerpts concerning Utah from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs expresses his disapproval for the per capita system of payment, claiming it reduces the significance of the role of the chief and threatens to destroy the Indians' sense of respect for organized government. Reports from the Utah Superintendency claim that the Mormon missionaries in Utah are purposefully attempting to prejudice the Indians against the U.S. government. Agent George Armstrong reports significant improvements in farming. Brigham Young reports conflict with the Shoshone and suggests to the federal government, "...it is cheaper to feed the Indians than to fight them"
Type Text
Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.)
Format application/pdf
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ARK ark:/87278/s61k26g6
Creator Denver, James William, 1817-1892
Date 1857
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Utah; Washington (D.C.)
Setname uaida_main
ID 368110
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61k26g6
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