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Show 77 have been taken. This is principally owing to a company of some three or four hundred returning Californians who travelled these roade last spring to the eastern states, shooting at every Indian they oould see - a practice . . . . which has been indulged to a great extent by travellers to and from the eastern states and California; hence the Indians regard all white men alike their enemies, and kill and plunder whenever they can do so with impunity, and often the innocent suffer for the deeds of the guilty. " This has always been one of the greatest difficulties that I have had to contend with in the administration of Indian affairs in this Territory. It is hard to make an Indian believe that the whites are their friends, and the Great Father wishes to do them good, when perhaps, the very next party which crosses their path shoots them down like wolves. f " This trouble with the Indians only exists along the line of travel west, and beyond the influence of our settlements. """"--. " The Shoshones are not hostile to travellers, so far as they inhabit this territory, except perhaps a few called " Snake Diggers," who, inhabit as before stated, along the line of travel west of the |