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Show 134 UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. are likely to remain so, unless the interference of white men causes disturbances to spring up among them. Your obedient servant, BENJAMIN DAVIES, Szllpwintendat Indian Affairs, Utah Territory. Hon. WM. P. DOLE, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington city, D. C. OFFICEO F THE SUPERINTENDEONF TIN DIAAFFNA IRS, Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, April 20, 1861. SIR : NO official returns of property or accounts have been made to this office by you from the reserves in your charge and under your control; and as I deslre to make a complete and full report of all property and proceedings con-nected with this superintendency to the Indian department at Washington city, I have respectfully to request that you be pleased to furnish me a de-tailed account of your proceedings as agent for the Corn Creek, San Pete, and Spanish Fork reserves for the third and fourth quarters of 1860 and the first and second quarters of 1861 up to date, together with an accurate list of all the property belonging thereto, at your earliest convenience. Your obedient servant, BENJAMIN DAVIES, Sup&ntpndmt, &. A. HUMPHREYESs,q ., Indian Agent, +. SPANISHF ORKIN DIAAGNE NCY, Utah Twritwy, April 28, 1861. SIR : Your letter of the 20th instant is received, and for answer I have to say that any reports of official action as Indian agent for the Spanish Fork, Corn Creek, and Sau Pete reserves have heretofore been made directly to the Oom-missioner of Indian Affairs, and I am expected to continue to do so in future, according to my understanding of recent instructions given to me by him. This I presume renders it unnecessary for me to comply with the request contained in your letter of the above date. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. HUMPHREYS, B. DAVIESE,s q., Swpenbtpdat, &. Indian Agent. No. 50. OFFICEO F THE SUPERINTENDEONFT I NDIAAFNFA IRS, Great Salt Lake Gty, Utah Territory, Octo6er 1, 1861. SIR : In accordance with a regulation of the Indian department, requiring me to make an annual report of the situation of affairs in this superintendency, and to prepare estimates for the guidance of Congress in making annual appro-priations for the support of the Indians in this Tenitory, I have the honor here-with to transmit toyou my first annual report. |