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Show 53 depredations, it is thought, than the Indians, and who keep the Indians in a state of excitement. " I have therefore recommended that a treaty should be held with the Indians in this Territory. I earnestly repeat the recommendation ... If something is not done, ... in the course of a fev; years the Indians will be compelled to give up their present locations to an emigrating population, and be driven forth to perish in the plains. The Indians seem friendly disposed, and will at no time be better prepared for friendly negotiations than at present? Even during the year of the Walker War, the majority of the Indians were friendly - " With the exception of Indian Walker and hio band, the Indians within our borders profess 2 friendship." Agent Holeman, in another expedition among the Indians on the Humboldt and Carson rivers, in the year i ' House Executive Documents, 32 Cong., 2 Sess., vol. I, pt. 1, Doc. 1, p. 445 ( 673). 2 Senate Executive Documents, 33 Cong., 1st Sess., vol. I, p. M- 2 ( 690) |
