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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 17 deratood to be ample in extent, containing two million'acres, abounding in val-leys of great fertility, with all the necessary water-power for mills, and having an abundance of timber ; indeed, as being admirably adapted for the purposes of a large Indian reservation. Many of the Indians exhibit a desire to he placed upon it, and nndertakein earnest the put-euit of agriculture. A difficulty presents itself in the want of accurately surveyed lines, so that, by the exclu-sion of whites from them, the Indians may be left in undisturbed possession, and I recommend that application be made to Congress for an appropriation for the o. nro,o se'of makine this surve"v:, b ut meantime the suoerintendent has~ b~e~~e~n~ direertxd to warn ,111 \;l~it+ settler3 rrow oa the trAat to 1ca;e it. (~Iv~cribini tf a3 fillly a3 poqsihle,) rind to norilj all other wbitr person,. who may be !bond upon the rctservntion wltrn ira limita shall h ~ d: u finirclv cmhlill~ed. .t hat tlgev mill Lc ~ - re nired to remove. The superintendent has f&ther been instructed ti prepare an9 submit, as soon as possible, a plan for removing the Indians from the old reservations to the Uintah valley. I t is confidently expected that the most gratifying results will follow the completion of the plans thus set on foot for the concenlration of the Indians in their new homes. Superintendent Irish, who succeeded Governor Doty in charge of Indian &irs in this Territory, did not arrive at Great Salt Lake City until August 25, having waited some time at Nebraska city,in the expectation of taking with him the annuity goods, upon the prompt distribution of which much seemed to depend in regard to preserving peace with the Indians. It is to be regretted that, in consequence of apprehended danger of Indian hostilities upon the plains, the goods were not shipped from Nebraska city until latein August, and were therefore not expected to arrive at their destination in less than three months, if indeed they are not delayed on the way until sp,ring. Some appre-hension is therefore felt lest the Indians, who have kept their fairhand observed the terms of the treaties made with them, should become dissatisfied and hos-tile, some symptoms of such feeling having exhibited themselves already; and the superintendentswas urged by Governor Doty and General Oonner to make, if possible, some temporary arrangements in advance of the arrival of the goods, so as tn prevent an outbreak. At the last dates received Mr. Irish had sent presents to the principal chief, and invited him, with four others, to come and see him, when, it was hoped,.some satisfactory arrangement would be effected. NEW .XfEXICO. I regret that I am unable to report any decided improvement in thecondition of the Indians of this Territory. For reasons which have been set forth in former reports, the care and control I of the tribes of this superintendency is enormously expensive to the govern-ment, although, from the fact that military operations have been almost constant for a long period of time, that expense has been generally felt through the War Department rather than the Indian Office; and yet, with all the expense attend- .. aut upon their management, we are enabled to see very little improvement in their condition, whether we look for the develapment of a desire to abandon the nomadic.life, and settle down to the art! of peace, or simply for a willing-ness to abandon their acts of hostility against the whites. Nevertheless, some progress is being made towards a solution of the problem. We are learning more of the country and its people, their manners and customs, their sympa-thies and antipathies; the tribe which has given most trouble has been very se-verel. v n.n nished hv the various militarv exoeditions sent asainst it. and .the " 0 larger porriou of I;$ number are pri~oltrrs;a nd there is r r a s o ~ro hope t l ~ b~y t a cordial co-oper.lti>n of the civil and lr~ilitnrya t~rhoritieo~f the goverument in rhat illatant Te~rirurya goad result may be finally rc~ched. |