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Show . M "**' ,-,..-..-., . _ . . i-y INDIANS WENT OK THE ROCKY .MOUNTAINS, 5 land in company, I Suppose there are about Iwoiily-llvc or Ihlrly men; many of ihem having' families. Question. How long luivo these men been there? Major POWELL. Prom two to four years; the great majority came in.' on the abandonment of the country by the Mormons. • Question. What is the extent of these claims 1 Major POWELL. They claim a'great'deal more (ban 100 acres each, but in our consideration we gave Ihem but I hat amount. The question of the amount of laud-wasnot one of importance, as laud (as such) is of no value. It was a question of improvements, and it was found that in the main all (he improvements were quite within tho LOO acres of each claim. There are already many Indians (here, and there will be no serious dilliculty in inducing the others to go. Jl may take a year or two to persuade them all, but there is no doubt but they will all go in time. Three hundred Q[' these Indians, whom it is proposed to bring Io this reservation, now report to the agency at Port Mojave. There is another reservation already established by treaty anil by law, on which there are, 1,0.'37 Indians. This is known as the Port Hall reservation, and extends along the Shoshone and Port Netif rivers. We have met all tho Indians known in I In1 reports as the North western Shoshones. A part of them have already gone to the reservation under the representations made to them by Mr. lngalls and myself, and the others-have agreed to go there next spring There are -100 cti these Northwestern Shoshones, making in till 1,437 Indians already assigned to this reservation. In Northern and Central Nevada wc have a number of tribes known as Shoshones, To-so-watos, Ko-eats, ecc, numbering 1,700, speaking the Shoshone Ian-' gunge. A part of them arc willing to go to Port Hall. A special commission, of which General Shanks was chairman, lately visited Port Hall,' and while, in llfat country met' a delegation of these Indians with Mr. lngalls and myself, and the Fort Hall reservation was discussed at length. There is no difficulty anticipated in persuading these 1,700 Indians to make that, reservation their future home. They are already tilling the soil ton limited extent, and they are all anxious to obtain land, but all especially desire to have it in the localities inhabited by the several tribes, but this is manifestly impossible, as I have heretofore explained.. It is believed that they can be induced to go. to the reservation at Port Hall. There is abundance of timber, plenty of water lor irrigating purposes, extensive and valuable, grass-lands, abundance of agricultural lauds, and altogether the valley is very beautiful and valuable. ' The Pa-vi-o-tsos or Pah-Utes of Western Nevada, (referring to the map) have not suflicicnt laud from which they can obtain a subsistence. To make them agriculturists it will be necessary to take them elsewhere. They are willing to work, and are progressing finely, and if there was sufficient water and good agricultural lands where they now arc it would bo best to let them remain, for I hey are making good progress in civilization, but the reservation originally set apart for these Indians was subsequently cut down, and tho most valuable lands were taken by •white men ; and now not enough remains for their use-probably only ''about 1,200 acres. There is another dilliculty about these reservations also.- It is probable that they will be claimed by the Central Pacific Railroad, or a part of them at least, as the Executive order for the establishment of these reservations was not made until after the land-* grant for the railroad was made. In addition to the S00 Indians on these two reservations there are 1,000 more uncollected in Western Nevada and Eastern California. It would be less ditlicult to remove these • i.' °-' ! »*r-rmr*mi<*mm- • w i » " MIWFTV-J- |