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Show " Indian service in Utah cannot be otherwise than discreditable to the government, unless Congress shall by liberal appropriations enable our agents to conduct operations ucon a scale in some measure corresponding with the absolute 1 necessities of the Indians under their charge." And even as late as 1864 came the time- worn appea^ l: " The farmer, with the plough, hoe and axe will, if used at the first, be more effloient in keeping peace on our frontier than the soldier with cannon, muBket, and bayonet.." The Indians themselves, moreover, desired treaties. In consultation with both ShoBteone and Utah chiefs the Superintendent ( tfood) found ther fully intelligent of the nature and effect of a treaty, and coreover, they . expressed their willingness to cede to the United States all the lands they claimed in the Territory, with the exception of reservations neceasary for their homes, and, 3 in addition, small annuities. 1 Indian Affairs Report, 1362, p. 33. 3 I b i d . , 1864 3 I b i d . , 1861, p. 136. |