Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Transmitted with the Message of the President at the Opening of the First Session of the Thirty Second Congress, 1851

Excerpts concerning Utah from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Luke Lea describes the affairs of reservations across the U.S. The Commissioner informs Congress that an agent and two sub-agents have been appointed to Utah Territory. The Commissioner describes a meeting between the agents and a Shoshone delegation (pg. 12). The Utah Superintendency submits reports regarding enrollment and progress in reservation schools, relations between the superintendency and the Indians, and depredations to private property