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Show The Uneasy Peace 87 who lived around Panguitch Lake during part of the year and on the upper Sevier River the rest of the time. Pa-gu-its meant something like "fisherman," n which is close to the name of the fifth treaty signer, Pah-gah-shup (translated as "Trout Hunter"), who may have been connected with that band. Coots-ah-wah and Yab-oots are unidentifiable. None of these men represented the Indians who were angry enough about white settlement to try to stop it. There is no indication that any of them were Pahranagits, Paroosits (Virgin River Paiutes), or Matisabits (Meadow Valley Paiutes), the bands that had been raiding and trying to stop the advancing settlements. These six men in no way could speak for the at least 2,000 Nuwuvi occupying the country that was to be given up. The treaty was not ratified and, consequently, had little or no effect on the lives of the Nuwuvi. It may have warned some of them about the kind of respect (or disrespect) the government would direct toward them and their land-holdings. Following the 1865 treaty, the government again seemed to forget about the Nuwuvi. For four years no agent was appointed to them. During this time settlement continued to expand under the influence of the Mormon Church and the new mining strikes. The Nuwuvi apparently withdrew further and further into the desert ranges to avoid the frontier of white advancement. In 1866 and 1867 William Henry Jackson visited southern Utah, which once had been the heart of Nuwuvi country. Although he found town after small town of white pioneers, he saw no Indians until he was outside of Santa Clara, and he actually met no Nuwuvi until he reached the Muddy River. He found more living at Las Vegas and at Cottonwood Springs, areas that had served as only temporary camping spots in earlier years.72 Some of the Nuwuvi joined with the Ute leader Blackhawk during his raids in the late 1860's. His group was composed of Indians from various different bands of Utes who were making a last-ditch attempt to hold off complete white control of Utah. Many of the Nuwuvi who didn't join Blachawk were still heavily affected by his actions. In one incident the edgy citizens of Circleville, Utah arrested all the Nuwuvi encamped near their town. They then |