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Show INDIANS IN UTAH. 205 animals berore Ireturned; and as the trip could be made in ten or twelve days, I made arrangements with Messrs. Barnard and Reese to furnish me with such articles as I thought necessary. I left Carson valley on the 7th instant. On my return I met with many of the Pintah tribe on Carson river, but saw neither of the chiefs; they were both absent from their bands on hunting excursions. All were very friendly; no disturbances on the riser during the present season by the Indians. I gave them some presents and sent some to their chiefs. At the sinl< of the Humboldt I met with a few of the Ban-nack tribe, n~hob elonged to a band under thechief, Te-re-re-11-ena, (the long man ) They accompanied me to the village at the head ot' the Big Meadows. This chief, with many of his braves, was also on a hunt-his band numbersobout six hundred. I held a talk with them; all appeared very friendly ; seemed much pleased at the friendship of their great tither in sending them presents. They assured me that the whites should not be disturbed by any oftheir band. The Humboldt river runs through a narrow channel for some seventy-five miles above the sink ; the bottoms are very narrow, affording but little grass, and of course no game. The Indians do not reside near the river, and I met none until I arrived within fifty miles of Stony point. I here met with a small baud of Shoshonees belonging to Oh-hah-quah's band. I gax.e them some presents, and engaged a braye to accompany me to thcir \-illage near Stony point I found them much scattered on 1:unting pi~rties; I gave them presents of various liinds, \~-llichs eemed to pleas? them very much. They promised fiiendsl~lp( 1 1 the whites in future, and from their conduct generally I think t l~t :~-w ill adhere to their promises. Oh-hall-quah sent two of his braves \\-fill nle Sir the purpose of findin? some parties of his band who were I>unting,b ut they nerc not to IE found. He informed me. that there 11;1d Levn some trouble \r-i111t he \\-hite~a nd Se-me-re-kah's band, and that iie-me-te-kah had sent for bin1 and rccjursted that he and his bnnd >vould join him fbr the purpose of kilEnz all the whites that passed the road, as the whites had killed his son ;!nd five of his braves, without any cause whatever. But Oh-hah-qua11 refusrd to join him, and told him hewas afraid I would be mad \\-it11 11im; that he had promised me to he friendly to the whites-tl~at he was afraid to tell me a lie; that he would be fiiendly with the whites until he could see me, which he knew would be in a few sleeps, (meaning days,) and advised Ne-me-ts kah to wait until my return. Near Stony point I met ;In emigrant train, who informed me that a party of Californians, who had been on the Humboldt on a trading ex-pedit~ onh, ad killed sis 1ndi;111st,a ken their horses, and left for Cali-fornia. They travcllcil on the nnrtl~ side of the river, and passed me unknown. I hastened up the river, and on arriving at Gravelly ford I met two emigrant trains, both of \vljich had been attacked hj- the Indi-ans, and had four men badly \vounded, and lost many of their stock, ivith one wagon and a quantity of provisions, with mnch other valua-ble property. I sent the tw-o Indians given me by Oh-lmh-quah to see Re-me-te-kah, and to request him to cease further attacks on the whites, and to request him to meet me as soon as possible. They travelled all night, and brought him to me nest morning. After much persuasion he |