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Show 78 settlements • The report that troops were wending their way to thie Territory has .. had its influence upon th- era. In one or two inatsnoes thia wis the reason assigned why they Bade the attacks which the did \ ipon Boae herds of cattle; they seemed to v.- think if it wae to he war, they sight ao well coraaence, and begin to lay in a supply of food when they had a chance," As director of Indian affairs in Utah, Young requested three courses of actione: first, that travellers cease their wantor. shooting of Indiana, oocond, that the government make a Bor£ JLiberal appropriation for presents; thirds that troops must be kept sway", because they excited the Indiana. Young concludes: " In regard to my drafts, it appears that the department is indisposed to pay thea, for what reason I a* at a loss to conjecture. I aa awre that Congress separated the office of Superintendent of Indian Affeirs froa that of Governor, that the salary of governor remained the sare for hi a gubernatorial duties, and that |
