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Show of the several reservations in Utah heretofore set apart, with their improvements, Governor Durkee and Superintendent Head were appointed appraisers, and have made their report, which has been tranemitted to the department. The avails of the sale of these reservations are by law to he devoted to the Indian service in Utah, and they are needed for the purpose of providing for various improvements upon the Uintah Valley reservation. En,ily in the spring advices were received that Black Hawk, an influential chief of the San Pitch hand of Utahs, had taken the field with an active band of followeri;, and had killed many of the settlers and driven off a large amount of valuable stock. In the conflicts which ensued some forty of the Indians were killed, but the chief was joined by wild spirits and outlaws from various hands, and thus recruited, renewed his raids upon the settlers. The Pai-Utes, referred to in the last annual report, as living in southwestern Utah; and formerly in charge of Special Agent Sale;now belong properly in Nevada, but, as has been stated under the head of the last-named superinten-dency, this special agency, now in charge of Mr. Guthrie, reports to the super-intendent for Utah. By the annual report of Agent Mann, of the Fort Bridger agency, we are advised of the condition of the eastern hand of Shoshones. Old " Washakee," their chief, is a firm friend of the whites, and his people behave well. Silver medals have been sent to Washakee and to "Konosh," head chief of one of the Utah bands, in recognition of their good service to the whites and good influence over their own people. NEW MEXICO. If we are not able as yet to report the condition of Indian affairs in New Mexico as an entirely satisfactory one, it is not for lack of knowledge of the tribes which inhabit different portions of that Territory; the very full and ex-haustive report of Mr. J. 11. Grares, who was in New Mexico at the time of the last aunual report of this office, having been made early in this year. Its gceat length precludes the possibility of insertingit in full among the accompanying papers, hut an abstract is therein presented, in order that it may be referred to, if necessary, for an accurate understanding of the matter, when Congress shall, as it is hoped may he the case, take up the subject with the purpose of provid-ing such means as may he necessary to do justice to a Territory whose loyal people have suffered, and are suffering much from Indian depredations, and who are knocking lbudly at the door of Congress for relief. A fe~vworda may profitably be devoted here to the conclusions reached by Mr. Graves upon the different points considered in his report. The Bosque Re-dondo and the Navajoes thereon, he found to be an engrossing theme of discus-sion among the people, so much so that parties were organized upon the issue, "Bosque" or "anti-Bosqne"-that is, whether theNavajoes should or should not be kept upon that reservation. Mr. Graves is clearly of the opinion that the policy of General Carleton has had an excellent effect; that the Navajoes are doing well upon the reservation; and that it is best that the government should, once for all, put an end to the quarrels among the people. upon this subject, by deciding that the Indians shall be retained at that reservation, end by providing the necessary appropriations for taking them into the charge of the cix-il anthori-ties. As they we now, there is a divided jurisdiction, the Indians being pris-oners of war, and sustained, as to all snpplies beyond what they raise them-selves, by rations issued by the military authorities; while they also have a regularly appointed agent, and an andual distribution of supplies in clothing, &c., of $100,000 appropriated by Congress. Such a state of things should not continue. Either they should he supported and educated in self-supporting in-dustry by the military aloue, or they should he turned over to the civil authori-ties. The division of jurisdiction makes trouble constantly. Nr. Graves pr-. |