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Show TERRfTORY OF UTAH. 233 bged in locatipg a small farm, under their chief, Ping-gnith, assisud Ex-some citizens of Cedar city. They were chiefly occupled in making fence, preparing the ground, and planting corn. They 'appeared much prmsed w~ t hth e idea of farming on their own account, and the proa-peet they had.of raising gwin and vegetables for their own subsistence, notwithstanding they were in great want of the necessary implements t o prosecute their work, even on a small scale, the few they had being loaned, or furnished them by citizens of Cedar city; and, as I had been .pre~iously informed by good authority of their desire to engage in agricultural pursuits, I took with me a number of farming imple-ments. I presented them witha few spades, hoes, and shovels, some clothing, a little tobacco, and other presents, with which they were pleased ; and I soon discovered that those articles would be a greet lducement for them to prosecute their work to completion, as wellas an evidence of friendship on the part of the general government to- . wards them. On Wood creek I found many of the Indians engaged in the same manner, assisted by some citizens of Fort Harmony, which is alm situated on this creek, but, like those on Shirt's creek, being destitute ofthe necessary implements to prosecute their work with much suc- &s ; the few spades and other tools which they had belonged to the citizens of the fort. I also presented them with some spades, shovels, and hoes, and likewise some clothing and other articles ; and shoula their crops escape the ravages of the grasshoppers, which have again visited some portions of the Territory and destroyed much grain and other produce, I doubt not, but at both places they will be able to r&ise considerable grain, which will add much to their comfort, and in some measure relieve the citizens of this country of a great burden with which they have heretofore been taxed-that of feeding those Indians. I learned from the citizens of the fort that the Indians in eneral, in this section of country, are very willing to be instructedin farming, and many of them are very industrious, and will perform as much labor on a farm as many of the whites. The Indians at those places h a ~ leea rned much from the citizens, w$o have set them a good example, teaching them that it is much better to be industrious and learn the arts of civilized qfe, than to indulge in their old habits of stealing, anrl depending on the chase for a living; and they certainly . merit the esteem of all true philanthropists for the interest they have taken in ameliorating the condition of those Indians. At both places I noticed squaws engaged in washing, ironing, and other housework. About thirty miles south of Wood creek, the road passes through & very pretty valley, containing about six hundred acres of very excel-lent farming land, which is watered by a stream known as Panther oreek. There is also a number of very large springs of ekcellent wiLter in this valley, which afford sufficient water for irrigation, a6 well as for other purposes. And at this point, I would recommend &at a reserve of this entire valley be made for the use of the Indians. On leaving this valley, for a distance of two hundred miles, there is nothlng presented to the eye of the traveller but a barreti, mountainous country, covered mostly with grease wood, wild sage, and mountain oedsrs, u~ltihl e arrive8 on the h n t a Clara river ; and even here, the |