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Show the compact into effect, whilst their present Father could not. When I say to them that I had no money to purchase presents and provis-ions with, their reply is, how did their former Father get money for this purpose? Having fully presented for your'consideration the causes which, in my opinion, p~oduced the unfortunate hostilities which hare existed between a portion of the Indians of this Territory and the white popu-lation, and having more fully informed myself of the true condition of the various bands and tribes under the charge of this superintend-enc" v., I shall wroceed to give such information in reaard to the same - u - aa is in my In performing this duty it is highly probable that this report may be found to conflict with the one made last year on some minor points; and should this be found to be the case, it is hoped that my then re-cent arrival in the Territory, and consequent want of information, may prove a sufficient apology. The Utaha of New Mexico are a portion of the tribe of the same name inhabiting the Territory of Utah: they speak the eame language and have frequent intercourse with each other. From the best in-formation which I have been able to obtain, that portion of this tribe properly under the charge of this superintendency numbers between five and six thousand souls; and they inhabit and claim all that region of wuntry embracinp the sources of the northwestern tributaries of the Arka.isas river, ibove Bent's fort, up to the southern boundary of Utah Territory, and all the northern tributaries of the Rio Grande which lie within New Mexico and north of the 37th parallel of lati-tude. This country is estimated to cover a space equal to twenty thousand square miles, which would give about five square milea to each soul; but they often extend their wanderings beyond these limits. This is a highly warlike tribe of Indians, are well-armed with fire-arms, and have committed many depredations upon the unoffending inhabitants of New Mexico. They do not cultirate the soil, but de-pend upon the chase and robbery for a subsistence. A continued feud has existed between the Utahs on the one side, and the Arrapa-hoes and Cheyennes of the Arkansas on the other, for many years past; and latterly, the latter Indians, having been supplied with arms and ammunition by our Indian agents and traders, have proved more than a match for the former, and consequently the Utahs dare not visit the buffalo regions in search of food. This, together with the fact that game is becoming comparatively scarce in their country, has induced if not constrained the Utahs to keep up their ancient custom &.theft and robbery. The Utshs are probably the most difficult Indians to manage within the Territory. They are subdivided into several small bands under petty chiefs, who acknowledge no suoerior. and roam over a vast ex-ient~ ot'coontryh, aving no pe;manent'plnce~ of residence, and hence are dien dittir~iltt o be found. Oocasionnllv. worties will- mme into the ~~ ~ - 1 settlements and labor for the citizens fo; k 'short.time, particularly in threshing out the grain, which they are enabled to do with their own horses and mules; they then leave, and nothing more is heard of them 1 for months. They have quite a number of good horses and mules, |