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Show Francisco. Superintendent Irish thwght that it should report throngh him, while Mr. Lockhart thoneht that commnnhtion would be more certain and ~p r e d yth rougl~~ amr r s l i ;a nd dsrmn City. Into thifl subject, as well a8 i l l i.rl:ltinll 11) the 0 t h m~a ttem c r n ~ e ~ r nIio~d~iagn affairs in Nevnda. Suoerit~tendmt Parker has been directed lo make immediate inquiry m a t o report'as soon as possible. His report will be laid before you when received, and it can then be decided whad ie n e w a r y to be done for the Indiana of that State. It,has been sseertained that certain packages of goods destined for h'evsdn, amounting in value toabont $4,600, and which, if sentby tbehest route, should have reached their destination in time to be distributed to the Indians early this fall, were sent to Nebraska City for transportation overland, and by some Mun-der, the responsibility for which this office has not yet been able to fix. were left behind by the eontractor for transportation. AE soon as this fact wos dia-covered, stet18 were taken to plitce these gods in the hands of Superintendent Morphy, of the central superintendency, and it is proposed to use them fbr the Indians of that er neigl~boring superintendencies, and make their equivalent value available for Nevada The total population of the Indians in Nevada. aside from those whose range extends into that State, but who hare been eeti-mated iu other superintendencies, is euppoaed to be abmc 8,500. UTAH. We obtain fmm the annual reporb of Sapexintendent Irish a cleamr idea of the numbers, location, character, and conditim of the Indi~ns of Utah Terri-tory than has heretofive been funiohed. They may he classified as fallows: E u d m bands of S h 7 ~me rasn d mixed hands of Banaocks and r'huskaeen. numbering about 4,000, under the ellief Washakee, a true friend of the whites. They renge through noxtl~mtern Utah and southeastelm Idaho; were parties to the treaty of July, 1863; regard the Wind River region in Idaho and tlre country about the upper waters of the North Platte as their residence, and de-sire a reservation there. Governor Lynn, of Idaho, will probably make a treaty with them for the purpose. Norlhwstem SJ~oshmees, numbering 1?500, ranging about snndry valleys in and near the Goose Creek mountains. but heinz mostlv in Idaho: were narties to the treaty of Box Elder of Julj, is63; ar;poor, aud eu&rcd from l;nrtgarr lnjt winter, but kept their promised, and did nor disturb thc rnlig~.a~mlto tcp. The nupelioteaden~; usirted them to r snlaII exc.e nr., and aecurcd tm~lu" vutrx~t for maLy of them as herdamen. G&.@#, (or Go&.Utes,; numbering about 600, ranging west of Salt lake, were parties to the treaty of Tuilla Vdey of October, 1863; are very poor; and depend far subsistence upou room and nuts, and their re8ources are disap-pearing as the white population advances. The treaty provides a yearly pres-ent of $1,000 in goods or provisions, and the enperintendent pays this amount should be considel-nbly ineread. Weber-Utes, numbering eight hundred, living in the Salt Lake, Weber, and Ogden valleys,. and in the neighborhood of the t>wns. They are a mixture of Utes and Shoshonees, and are represented an an idle, shiftles, and vngabol~d tribe, giving much txouble by petty depredations. Utahs.-These are divided into mveral bands, as follows: Timpmgw, a amall braud of three hundred, inhabiting the Utah valley and neighboring m-aina. Uintah Vulky Indiam, numbering three thoneand, oeeu~pying nort.heastern Utah and the Green River country. Pah- Vadi, numbering fifteen hundred, and ranging through Pah-Vant and Sevier v&ps, aod west to the White mountains. A very farorable account is given of hem. Their most iufluentid chief, Konosh, has induced tbem to pay c 12 |