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Show 308 UTAH. manner and under such regulations as the President may direct, in the apprehension of every person who shall or may be found in the Indian country in violation of any of the provisions of this act," &c. The suspicions which the agent throws upon the character of those Mormons engaged as missionaries are such as may make it necessary, as a precautionary step to preserve the harmony of our relations with the Indian tribes, to instruct the superintendents, agents, and sub-agents to scrutinize the conduct of Mormons and all others suspected of havinp a design to interrupt the peace and tranquillity between the Indians ind the-government.- - CHARLES E. MIX. Acting ~ommiskolzer. No. 131. OFFICE OF INDIAN AQWCY, City of Provo, Julie 30, 1857. SIR: In compliance with your official letter to me, dated 14th of March last, I have revisited the southern Indians located on Beaver river, Beaver county, as well as those near Fort Harmony, on Ash creek, Santa Clara, Rio Virgin, and Muddy rivers, Washington county, and at the various places mentioned, and have found them more or lesa engaged in agricultural pursuits. The firat instance which came under my notice was a baud of Utah Indians, (commonly called Utes,) under their chief, "Ammon," on Beaver river. On my arrival at that place, I was visited by the chief in person, who informed me that himself and a number of his band had, during the spring, cleared about twe n t ~ac res of bottom land in the river, and, with the aid of one yoke of cattle, for which he had traded one of his ponies, and an old plough, which he had obtained from some of the citizens of Beaver city, had ploughed and sowed that number of acres in wheat. He invited me to walk with him to hia farm, about one mile distant from my camp, and view his improve-ments ; with which I complied, and, on my arrival there, found hi statements correct. His wheat was about two inches high, and had undergone one pm-mss of irrigation ; his water ditches were well and substantially made, and answered well the purpose for which they were intended. He labored under great disadvantage, however, for the want of proper implements to prosecute his work successfully. I presented him with one of Hodge's patent steel ploughs, some spades, shovels, and hoes, some blankets and clothing, together with a small quantity of powder and lead, for the benefit of himself and baud, with which he waa highly pleased, remarking at the time that these presents would be s great inducement for a greater advancement in agricultural pursuits, as well as an evidence of the friendly feelings on the part of the goveru-ment of the United States towards them. On my return I visited his farm again, and was snrprised to find that he had cleared twelve ad-ditional acres, and planted them with corn and potatoes, giving assur- |