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Show THE GREAT BASIN OF UTAH. 47 whites; and it is their boast that under their chief, Wash- i- kee, the blood of the white man has never stained their soil. It is certain, nevertheless, that small parties of this band, living in Box Elder county, with some Bannack Indians from Oregon, robbed, during the season of 1859, three parties of emigrants on the emigration roads to the north and east of Great Salt Lake, and killed ten or twelve of their number. The Bannacks inhabit the southern borders of Ore-gon, along the old Humboldt River emigrant road, and have the reputation of infesting that portion of the route, and of being of a very thievish, treacherous character. The To- sa- ivitches, or Wliite Knives, inhabit the region along the Humboldt River, and, according to Dr. Hurt, have the reputation of being very treach-erous; though we believe they have proved quite friendly of late years. Captain Simpson met them ranging in small parties between the Un- go- we- ah Range and Cooper's Range on his more southern route. The Go- shoots Dr. Hurt classes among the Sho- sho-nes; but according to Mr. George W. Bean, Captain Simpson's guide in the fall of 1858, who has lived in Utah ever since the Mormons entered this region, and has been frequently employed as interpreter among the Indians, they are the offspring of a disaf-fected portion of the Ute tribe that left their nation, about two generations ago, under their leader or chief, Go- ship, whence their name Go- ship- utes, since con-tracted into Go- shutes. Captain Simpson is disposed |