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Show COMMISSIONEE OF W v AFF AIRS. 37 In my last annual i%port I also recommended legislation on the part of Con-gress with a view to the settlement of the claims of New York Indians residing in Kansas. Since that time I have succeeded innegotiating a treaty with those Indians, which, if ratified, I have no doubt will relieve this office of very much of the perplexity it has experienced for several years in consequence of their complaints and grievances for which no adequate legislation has hitherto'been provided. With the exception of a report from Agent Hatch, who is in charge of the Spanish fork reservationin Utah, and Agent Bancroft in Washington Territory, no reports have been received from any of the respective superintendents of Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, and Idaho ; consequently I can present hat little information in regard to the wants and reqnirements of the Indian service within the limits of each. In regard to the Indians of Arizona, however, a lengthy, comprehensive, and interesting oommunication &om Superintendent Poston will be found among the accompanying papers. I t will he seen that, according to his estimate, there are within the limits of that Territory something over fifty-eight thousand Indians. This estimate is probably too large, as it includes the Gila Apaches and the Navajoes, who may be regarded as common to this and the adjacent Territory of New Mexico, and have been mentioned in that part of this ieport relating to the latter. With the exception of the hostile and powerful tribes just named, the Indians of the superintendency are friendly, and, in their habits, customs, and modes of life, as far superior to the wandering tribes of the north. I ask especial attention to the remarks of Superintendent Poston in relation to the importance of a formal recognition of the rights of these Indians, and the adoption of such mea-sures as will serve to maintain and. strengthen the friendship they now mabi-feat, and encourage among them a further development of their skill and adap-tation to the customs and pnrsuits of civiliz'ation. Treaties of amity and peace have been concluded with the Shoshones, of Utah and Nevada, as follows, via : At Fort Bridge=, July 2,1863, by Governor Doty and Agent Mann, as commissioners on the part of the United States, and the eastern bands of said Indians ; at Box Elder, July 30, by Governor Doty and General Connor, on the part of the United States, and the northwestern hands; and at Ruby valley, October 1, by Governors Doty and Nye,,on the part of the United States, and the western bands. These Indians have ling been a scourge to tbe citizens of Utah and Nevada, and a terror to the emigrantaand travellers over the routes leading through those Territories. From the represen-tations made by Governor Doty, we have reason to believe that those treaties have been entered into by the Indians with a sincere desire for peace, and I have no doubt that the friendly relations thus inaugurated may be maintained by wise and judicious action on our part. The scarcity of game in these Terri-torieq, and the occupation of the most fertile portions thereof by our settlements, have rednced these Indians to a state of extreme destitution, and for aeverd years past they have been almost literally compelled to resort to plunder in order to ohtain the necessaries of life. I t is not to be expected that a wild and |