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Show 1 34 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. whom they regard as intruders, there is constant danger of collisions, which may result iqgeneral hostilities, proving alike disastrous to the Indians anathe-whites. In this view it is of great importance that provision should at once he made for the negotiation of a treaty with these people, so that their rights may be ascertained, and their duties and relations toward the government may be clearly defined. I ealled attention to this subject in my first annud report. I again urge its consideration, and prompt and appropriate action on the part of' Congress, as being of the utmost importance. About thirteen thousand square miles of the southern portion of Colorado, and probably a much larger extent of the neighboring States of Kansas and Texas, and Territory of New Mexico and the "Indian country," are occupied by the Kioways and Comanches. The same general remarks d e in reference to the Utahs as to the. immediate and urgent necessity of treaty negotiations are applicable to these Indians. They are numerous, intelligent, and warlike. ~ h earie represehted as being exeeedingly anxious to enter into treaty relations with the United States, and thereby secure for themselves a settled place of habitation. Nodoubts are entertained aa to the practicability and comparative facility of converti~igt hese wild, nomadie, and almost lawless Indians into quiet and orderly people by timely and judicious action on our part. The country they inhabit is peculiarly fitted to the purposes of pastoral life, for which the Indians are by habit well adapted. If these suggestions ehall be considered, and reeeiGe the favorable action of Congress, I am coufi(lent that bnt few y~ wB1 elapse until Indian affairs in Colorado will be-reduced to system and order, the peace and security of the citizens of the Territory made permanent, and the citizens, as well as the In-dians, in the quiet enjoyment of those blessings which result from a just and firm administration of. law. SUPERINTENDENCY ON NEW MEXICO. " Most of the time during the past year d l that portion of this superintenaency known as Arizonia has been in the occupation of the rehels, and, consequently, to that extent our communication with the Indians thereof has been intekupted. The Indians occupying this portion of the superintendency are the Apaches, Pimoi, Papagos, and the Maricopas. The three last named are known under the general term pueblo& and, in the estimation of Superintendent Collins, are, much more than se= 3i - c ivilized. Their loyalty is unquestionable. They stand as a barrier between the frontier sentlenients and the wild tribes, and in this respkct are of signal sersice to the whites. Sa great is the confidence reposed in them that the military authorities of the Territory have presented them with .one hundred muskets and ten thousand rounds of ammunition, and would wil- . lingly have increased the amount had the arms and ammunition been at their . diiposd. To appreciate justly their loyalty, it should be borne in mind that for more than a year they were subjected to the influences of the rebels, and |