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Show 59 On the 7th of August of that year, • large bands of Shoshonea ( Snakes) and Utahs met in council in this city ( Salt Lake City) where they made a good peace which I hope will prove lasting." In the report of Indian affairs this treaty wae recorded as a treaty for " peaoe and friendship" with the Shoehnee , and the passage of citizens through their countryj three thousand dollars was paid to the Shoshonea; nothing was paid to the Utahs - no territory was acquired. The treaty was not ratified and only a copy of it was re- 2 csived at Washington. In characterizing the Indian affairs of Utah as peaoeful, Young allowed the accompanying letter of sub-agent Armstrong, who came to the Territory in 1S55, to speak for itself. This letter gives a detailed account of a typical instance of retaliation on the part of a band of Utahs near Provo city, led by Chief Tin-tick who claimed that his mare and colt had been killdd by whites. Investigation and promises of compensation were apparently unavoidably" so long of fulfilment that Indian Affairs Report, 1655, p. 1 S6 2 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, History of Utah, p. ^ 77; Indian Affairs Report, 1656, p. 667. |