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Show B.EPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT IN UTAH. 201 to point out and suggest such amendments as appear to be necessary to meet the exigencies often occurring. Very respectfully, &c., E. A. GRAVES, Indndian Agent. Gov. D. MERIWETHER, Supwintendent of Indiun Affairs in New Jfezico. No. 809. DEPART.\~ESOTF INDIAANFF AIRSU, TAHT ERRITORY, Great Salt Lake City, September, 30, 1853. SIR: In co~npliancew ith the regulations of the department, I trans-mit the following report for the quarter ending September 30, 1853, to-gether with a full list of the employks in this sunerintendency, the ac-count current, the abstract and accompanying vouchers, from Nos. 1 to E3 inclusive. Since my last report but little has occurred, immediate-ly pertaining to this office, that would be of interest to the department; still it map not he amiss, nor altogether uninteresting, to allude slightly to aggressions, by a portion of the tribe of' Indians called Utahs, npon the persons and property of the inhabitants of this Territory. On the lSth ofJuly ultimo, Indian Walker and his I1:lntl gave vent to their e\-il feelings, and, disregardless ofuninterrupted ;ind long-continuecl acts and espressions of the utmost kindness, comnicnccd open hostility by ~nen;~cinthye people of Springville, and killing n citizcn at I':~yson. Since thst clatc tht. Indians have killetl three other persons. :tnil \\-t~unded several m<lre,; I I I ~d riven offhetween three and fuur 1lu1itlrc.d 11e:al of cattle, nnd ;t 1:rrxe nuinl~rro fl~orses,a nd are still prowling around the weaker settlements, watching their opportunity to kill defenceless and nnnrmetl persons, and cotnmit such other depredations as their neces- ,ties or fiu~ciesm ag dict:ltr. Up to the present we have continued to act entirely on the defensive, using all diligence to secure our crops, hay, and winter's fuel, in making torts and yards for the security of our families and stock, and in tcar~ngd own houses, and putting them up inside the forts. These labors, w~ t hth e additional duty ofstanding guard, and being always on the alert, have placed us under an exceed-ingly expensive and onerous burden, in addition to all the toils and privations always attendant upon settling new countries, and more eapeciallpa re+on so isolated and dreary as this Territory. In addi-tion to these extra rxpcnscs atid losses, the influence Walker and his band hix~r.r srrcised upon the tiicndl- Indians within-their immediate neighborhood and operations, 11ns c:tused this superintendency an nnusual and necessary espenditure, in presents, provisions, kc., for said Indians. The necessity tbr this expenditure wll be readily nnder-stood when you reflect for a moment npon the readiness of all the In-dians to commit depredations npon very slight temptatinn ; their anxiety through their ignorance, to come in considerable bodies to pay me a visit and tarry several days, to learn whether we design killing them all, and the additional trouble and expense of forthwith sending to the |
