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Show COLORADO SUPERINTENDFYCY. 23 1 rivers, this treaty of the Upper brkansas is imperfect and indefinite as to the extentof the cession, unless these bands are induced to accept under it. The landed provision in their reserve is ample for them all, andas many more. But whatever way this difficulty is to he adjusted; I would urge its immediate settle-ment, by negotiation with the disaffected hands who frequent the Platte river coantry, that the title to the settled portion of Oolomdo Territqry may he per-fected. Nor can the necessary arrangements for the settlement of any of the Arapu-hoes and Cheyennes on the reserve he executed until all those that are to h;we allotted to them the lands under the treaty are agreed npon and properly en-rolled. The plans for the permanent ~ettlemento f these Indians on their reser-vation will be fully drawn np by Agent Golly, aud submitted to this department as soon as the survey can be made. As the Kiowas and Comanches have twice been promised treaties, and been disappointed, and are, in fact, only kept quiet by military force, which had to be brought to hear against them the past summer, I trust they may be treated with and settled near the rkservati~n now to he occupied by the Arapahoes and Cheyennes, on the Arkansas river, as they are on friendly terms, and by this arrangement the multiplication of agencies may he avoided. The settlement of these Indians of the plains, and their induction into the habits of civilized life, I am disposed to regard with much more hope than the former efforts of the. government with other tribes would warrant. This is in-spired by the peculiar ahptntion of the plains to pastoral agriculture. Cattle and sheep here thrive and fatten the gar round without my other care than that of herding; and from the a r e these Indians take of their horses, whieh are hept in large dmves, I am confident they would soon learn to herd cattle nnd sheep, so as to fully sustain themsel\.es. if not to become wealthy, from the increase of their flocks and herds. As recommenM last spring in a special commnnication, I again present the necessity of a treaty with the Utah Indians of Colorado Territory. Several of the organized counties of this Territory, and many of the richest and most ex-tensive mining districts, are in the wnntry belonging to or claimed by this tribe. They have, thus far, generally been nict ilnder this intrusion, though in July lait a party of them made a raid into t%e settlements and stole a large amount of stoek and other articles, amongst which were sixteen horses, that have not been recovered from them yet. As the danger of hostilities is reported to he imminent, and the intrusion npon their territory will lapidly increase from the p a t extent and value of its gold miues, thus making a treaty the more difficult with delay, I most .earnestly urge upon the attention of the department, and, through it, upon Congress, the absolute folly and great danger of delaring longer to treat with the different hands of the Utah Indians in Colorado for the cesaion of their lands. As some preparation will be neaessmy to incline their chiefs to settle upon reservations, and to indnee the various hands to meet in council, a full and ade-nate appropriation should he made for that purpose at the coming session of 8ongress. I would 41 attcntion to the joint resolutions of the legislative assembly on this subject. We have been troubled by the presence in Colorado, for a good part of the summer, of different bands of the Ozillallah and Brulb Sioux Indians.. beloneire ~ c ~ n to the nti,nlboring axrncy at Fort 1:ara~nit.. They iiettle along the Platte rivw for tlre purpodr ui hcgh6ng from. if not commitling depn.dations uporb, tine crg;lt stream of travel to n11a1 tiom the eettlrmer~ts is Colordo. But tl~id I hunr to prevent in tllr 1bt11rc by co-opemtion of thrir agent and tbe milita~y autlioritic=. I would recommtnd thnt the pmcnts to rl~eI ndians be restricted alelo3t ell-tirely to food and clotl~ing;t hat the latter he distributed to them in t l r ~ru tumo. |
