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Show 1 1'78 UTAH SUPE&INTENDENCY. portion of it would he cultivated, still l e a ~ n gth e greater part of it untilled and running to waste. I t is estimated that the money necessarily expended annually in maintaining the reservation would purchase for the Indians in the market, at least double the quantity of provisions that would he obtained from the farm. After an experience of two years in the Indian service it1 this Territory, I am satisfied that the reservation is a'detriment to the eovernment. to the Indians. and to the people. T l ~we ithholding of such an amzunt of land from intelligent cultivation, in view of the meat acquisition of ~.o ~ u l a t i othna t we are sure to re- & ceive, is as unwise as it i<impoliti'e, when it is considered that our people,'so far removed from other sources of supply, are eompellcd to rely entirely on their own exertions and the limited amount of arable land througl~out the Territory. I t is therefore respectfully recommended that you memorialize the President of the United Btate~t o vaeate these reservations and tlrro~vthela nd open to oceu-pation and cultivation by our citizens. Your earnest and early attention to the matter is asked, to the end that it may he brought, if possible, to a successful issue in time to have these lands put in cultivation the coming sea~on. UTAH INDIANS-UINTAH RESERVATIOA. The condition of the Utah Indians in this Territory will requiie your further attention. Roaming, as they do, through all of our settlements south of this city, they are and haveheen, since the settlement of the Territory, a greatannoyance to, and a continual burdensome tax upon the people. The iuflux of a con-siderable mining population among them may result iu disturbances in our midst, while the assistznce that government is constantly rendering them cnnnotresnlt, situated as they are, in any permanent good. The general government has set apart the country drnined by the Uintah river and its tributaries, extending from Wahsatch range cf mountains to the Green or Oolorado river, a distance of eighty miles, east and west, with at least an equal distance north and south, as a reservation for the permanent settlement of these Indians. After careful examination it has been found to he most admi-rably adapted to that purpose. Nany of these Indians are anxious, with the assistance of the government, to remove there and settle, and it is believed that all could he readily induced to go. The reservation is more than ample for them dl; contains abundance of game, and is well supplied with wood, water, and grass. I recommend that you memorialize Cungress for an appropriation ade-quate to the purpose, and with a view to the making of a treaty with these Indians, providing for their early removal to that reservation. t * Y f * * L * U ADIOS BEED, Acting Governor. Hon. WILLIAP~. ID OLE, Commissioner of Indian Affkirs. No. 67. DEPARTMEONY TT HE INTERIOR, , Washington, D. C., March 14, 1864. SIR: I return the joint letter of Governor Doty aud honorable J. F. Kinney, of Utah Territory, upon the subject of the message of the acting governor, con-cerning Indian reservations in that Territory, and will remark that a bill is now pending in Congress which, if passed, will enahle the department to carry out the recommendations of those gentlemen. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. P. USHER, Secretary. WILLUMP . DOLE, Esq., Commissioner Indzan Arairr. |