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Show pmesed to hunt theniup, and ainer that they have brought in about twenty. I have ~nformedth e different bande,so faras I could, that hereafter when x home was taken by an Indinn, I wol~ldf ind out what hand the I~tdianb elonged to, and that no prrsents sl~ould he distributed to that band until they made restitution, and that the presents thus withheld shonld he distributed among tho~e w h Lvoopht in stolen horses. The result in one month is. rn abort: etated, the return oE twenty horses. I find a custom existing here which seems to me to he a great evil; it makes 81 least a great deal of business for this office. I refer to the daily visits of In-dians asking for presents, provisions, &c. On inquiry of my predeeessora, I mu informed that the plan of encouraging these visits was inaugurated under and 1 b y the first superintendent, and that all subsequent efforts to avoid tbe evil b y discouraging them had resulted unfavorably, and that in the present condition d IndiaL matters it is best to eontinue the system. Hence I am daily receiving Indians, listening to their complaints, and ministering to their wants, in distrib-uting to them such articles as they seem to need and the means at my command will enable me to give them. This difficulty as to the Utahs will probably he obviated to a great exten8 when they are removed to Uintah valley. Those Indians inhabiting that portion of the Territory south of Gresb Salt Lake City, are all anxious to know whether the government proposes to mter into treaties with them. They are anxious to nnaerstand their rigbts; they look with alarm upon the constant and increasing stream of emigration pouring into this Territory. They behold the enterprise of the white man manifesting itself by taking possession of what they have long occupied and claimed as their country. They see:farmsopenedandcultivatedon every hand; theywitnees the establishment and rapid development of mining interests with apprehension and jealousy, and they threaten to stop all prospecting, and have done so in some portions of tbe Territory, and unless some negotiations are opened and treaties formed, them . will he difficulty with these Indians. I have promised to lay the matter before the Great Father, and they wait hiB sction impatiently. Under the circumstances, I feel that I cannot too strongly urge this matter upon your attention. I would recommend that eteps be taken to make treaties with the following m%es or bands of Indians, viz., Utahs, Par-Vants, and Pie-Edes, as soon a8 they can he eongregated in the spring. Arrangements should he made for the appointment of at least one more egent for this superintendency. We would then have one to he located north of this city; another should be placed in the Uintah alley, and the third would be actively employed in the extreme southern portion of the Territory, among Indians who are numerous and powerful, and who, I am informed, have nevm been visited by a representative of the department. This country is now roducing cotton successfnlly, and silver mines of grad value axe being opene{ and therefore the steps of our hardy, adventurom poneers are being directed to that portion of the Territory, and, as a conse-quence, the Indians residing there need the care and attention of the depa* ment. For further information in this matter I would respectfully refer the honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs to a petition forwarded by me to tba Indian department, under dat,e of September 9, indorsed by Governor Doty md Secretary Reed, who have both discharged the duties of superintendent of ,, Indian atlairs for some years past, and are more familiar with the facts than I an, and who strongly recommend the establishment of an agencyin that portian of the Territory. I have today received a telegram from the operator at Shell creek, two hundred miles southwest, that the Indians are gathering in, demanding thei~ |