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Show UT-%SUaP ERINTENDENCY. 183 of Utah, and a portion of the St. Louis superintendency; they therefore continued their practice of corralling their stock, still apprehending danger. The Indians below having been publicly invited,to the treaty at La- + ramie, and, as I undemtood, would generally attend, I thought itadvieable to endeavor to get the Shoshonees to attend also, believing that it would promote the interest of the country and the Indians, and greatly benefit the vast number of emigrants who were daily pasing the road. I I believed, also, that it would not only meet the approbation of the De-partment, but that it was greatly desired to have them there, as the main route for emigration passed through their country. I was justified in this opinion from a conversation held with you on the sitbject of the Indians in Utah, in May last, at Washington, in which you expressed the wish that they, or as many of the tribes as could be got, should attend. Believing, therefore, that it would be beneficial to the Indians and the country, and believing that it would secure to the emigrants peace and safety in travelling the country; in short, believing it to be niy duty, when I reached the country of the Shoshonees I immediately hired an interpreter and guide, collected some of their chiefs and braves, and made arrange-ments to attend them to the treaty at Laramie. I then hurried to Salt Lake city, and reported to Governor Ycung the arrangements I had made; it met with his approbation, and he ordered me to fulfil my engagements with the Indians. I immediately returned, and met the village assembled on Sweet Water, about fifty miles east of the sooth pass. On h e 21st of August I had a ' talk with them, which resulted in their selecting sixty of their headmen, fully authorized to act for the whole tribe; we arrived at Laramie on the 1st day of September. I regret that Col. Micchell so coostrnee his powers and instructions as to exclude then] from being parties to the treaty, belie\-iug that they are not properl~-in his superintendent>-, but that they belong to the superinten-dencj- of U ~ I .H e Iras, Irotverzer, expressed rnocli ~ra-rirtificatioant their be-ing here, and \\.ill gire the~n presents with the rest of the Indians, which will be, I hope,satisfactory to them. They are a tribe 1%-hoh a\-e been uni-formly friendly to the ~vhites, and ?eeni ro hare great confidence in and respect for them. I have given you above illy reasons for the course I have pursued; I hope they may meet your approbation. Col. Mitchell and Maj. Fitz-patrick will explain to you more fully all matters connected with my oper-ations in this particular. I shall, however, as soon as I return to Salt Lake city, make a report in fnll, and forward to your department. If it can be done, and you should deem it advisable, I wouldlike to have more particular instructions in relation to my duties and powers. I find much excitement among the Indians, in consequence of the whites settling and taking possession of their country, driving off and killing their game, and in some instances driving off the Indians themselves. The greatest complaint on this score is against the Mormons; they seem not to be satisfied with taking possesssion of the valley of the Great Salt 1 lake, but are making arrangements to settle other, and principally the rich, vallies and best lands in the Territory. This creates much dissatisfaction among the Indians; excites them to acts of re\-enge; they attack emigrants, plunder and commit murder, whenever they find a pnrty weak enough to |