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Show 56 to the territorial executive, who, by lew is made the superintendent; and in Oregon, Kansas, and Nebraska, the same is confided to an independent officer, denominated the Superintendent of Indian affairs. I am satisfied that the harmony and efficiency of the Indian service would be promoted by placing our Indian affairs in the first, on the same footing in this respect that they now occupy 1 in the last named Territories. n This advice, tendered more than once, Congress continued 2 to ignore, in the c. ise of Utah. At the time of this writing, an appropriation of $ JK), 000 had been made by Congress to negotiate treaties with the Indians of Utah, but these appropriations weee delayed until it was too late in the season to send out 3 the goods and other presents. Another hindrance to the improvement of the state of affairs in Utah, which may be attributable to the remoteness of the frontier, was nearly a year's delay 1 Indian Affairs Report, 1^ 5^, p. 17. 2 House Executive Document, 35 Cong., 1 Se38., vol. X, Doc. 71, p. 125 ( 956). 3 Indian Affairs Report, 1S55, p. 13; House Executive Document, 35 Cong., 1 Sess., vol. X, Doc. 71, p. 169 ( 956) |