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Show UTAB. SUPERINTENDENCY. 393 other Utebands assuring them of their safety if the joim him, and of our friendly disposition, and addsing them also to come in. {have now sirong hopes. that hostilities on the part of the Utes will ceaae. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES DUANE DOTY. Bon. Wm. P. DOLB, ~ Commisaionm of Indian Affaira. ' No. 237. . . ~SUPERINTBNDBONF CIYN DIAAFFNAIR S, Utah Territory, Great Salt Lake City, July 18, 1863. SIR : On the 7th of this month General Conner and myself made a treaty of peace with Little Soldier and his band of Weber. Utes, who had assembled at , a point in the vicinity of this city indicated by as for their camp, about twenty miles distant. . We found with him individuals of several other bands, who attended ow meeting to ascertain, it is presumed, if we were sincere in accepting Little Sol-dier's nronosals for neace: and if so. to let as know that the diswsition of other bands >a; favorabl; 'to heace. ~i who were present partiei<ated in the pres-ents of provisions and goods which I made to Little Soldier, and which were distributed by him, anil promised to oeaae all fnrt* depredations, and faithfully to maintain peace and friendship with all white men. The other bands of Utahs, to whom messengers had been sent, proposed to meet. us at Spanish fork at an early day, to be appointed for the purpase of making peace. The 14th instant being the time selected by General Conner, we met there on that day all of the principal men of those bands excepting tw4 who sent wordby others that they would abide by whatever terms were agreed npon. I t was agreed that hostilities shonld cease immediately; that the past shomld be forgotten ; that the Utehs should give up any stolen horms they had in their possession ; that no further depredations should be dommitted by them ; .that they would remain peaceable and quiet in future: and if any of their people shonld hereafter murder white men or steal their horses, they would mke every exertion to arrest the offenders, and deliver them up for punishment. We promised them liberal presetlts of provisions and clothing, and that tbese presents would be continned to them by the government aa long as theykept their word, but no longer. We assnred them that if any act of aggression npon the whites was committed by them, the soldiera wodd immediately enter their . country and pursue the cnlprits until redress was obtained, to which they assented. We also assyred them that if any injury was done to them by white men, the , offendem should be punished if they made compla' t, and gave the proper iw formation to General Donner, or to the auperintend$t. They appeared to be very anxious for peace and to have their friendly rela-tions with the government restored, and I feel confident the troubles with the Utah nation (in this Territory) are now terminated. The large resents which I have made them this spring, and on this occasion, have ondonbte& contributed to this result, but I think the government is mainly mdebted for it to the ahle tommanding officer of this military department, General Conuer, and the e5- ciency and bravery of the officers and soldiers under bin command. , These treaties were made orally and not reduced to writing, being without instructions from the d artment, and our only purpose being to obtain peace with these Indians, ah? to stop further hostilities on their part, for the present at lea~t. T . |
