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Show 104 Mormon Appeals. In 1861 and again in 1963, the Utah legislature sent memorials to Congress requesting action. In the memorial of 1861, dated January 18, the Mormons reminded Congress that: " " Indians in this Territory have never received andf compensation from the United States for the soil occupied by the citizens; in con- sequence thereof the settlements are subjected to constant annoyances from the natives, who regard the settlers as intruders upon their lands ...." And they also expressed their opinion concerning the farms: " The location of Indian reserves and opening farms thereon, within the settlements, 1 1 i ao far aa benefiting the Indians is concerned, has proved an entire failure." Ih^ jrejigggtM are " intolerable nuisances" - badly managed, so that Indians s t i l l plunder. " The location of the Indiana in the upper valleys of the Sevier River would remove them from |