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Show 4% , REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. sons, and, worse than ill, were profoundly skilled in sorcery, and that under no con-sideration'would t,hsPai-Utes live with t,hem. It wlla found that it was intpousible, without using farcs, to indnae the Pai-Utes to join the Utes, aorl it was detaraxiued toadopt tho course iorlicated in the alternative presented in punr it~atroctioo, viz: " Atid in cnae it should be found impossible to io-dnce them to'look with favor upon srnmoval to that point, than to make a thorough exilminat,ion as to the oondition of atfairs in the Muddy reservation, and report the re-snlc to th*Departnlent?' The eonkruissioo then pmceeded to visit in detail 'a11 the Pxi-Ute tribes of Utsh and Northern Arieona, vie, K\vi-nm-pnu, Pa-ru-gnns, Uu-ka-pa, Na-kainte, Pa-spi-kai-vats, Un-ka-ka-ni-gnts, Psgu-its, ICai-vwsv-nni Ru-iot,s, U-in-ks-ma, aud Shi-vwits. There is a small tribe of Psi-Utes in Northern Arieona, on the east sicle of the Cnla-rado Rirer, koown as Kmai-an-ti~kwok-ets, which was not visited by the commission. This little band l i r ~isn a district so far away from the route of travel that ydor com-mission did not think it wise to uocnpy cha time and incur the exhanae necessary to visit them in their homes. ~i.ioally,d elegations of dl these tribes were collected a t Saint ~ e o r g fio r consultation, ooocerning thoreaervation for the Pai-Ute8 in Southern Neveclla. The result of this talk was, in the main, aatitisfwtory, and a delegation was sent by them to go with the commiasiou to see the country. From Saint George the oornrnission proceeded to the reservntion on the Mo-a-pa, (Muddy,) arriving there September 10, and here met about 400 Pai-Utea who had prev~auslyb eeo oollect.edin the valley. I t remained eleren days for the purpose of conferring with the Indians nlreiuly here, end with sooh delogetioos from Ot,her tribes as oonld be intluoerl to meet hare. Quite a number of conferences were held with the Indians, both by day and by night, for more than a week. The conclusion of all was, that the Indianri on the reservatiun were willing that the other tribes should unite with them, and the delegations represeuting the tribes away were favorably impressed with the country, aud promised that the Indiana would all come to the reservation another year, on condition that the Governmaut n7001d provide te~nporarilyf or their maintenance, and give them suoh d d as might be necessary ta estilbli8h them as agri-oultnrists. Arraneemnnts were then &ade by rrhich the Indianson the reservstion were enabled to piaotua. fall crop. Your conlmiasion hadl also another duty to perform here, vie, to ioqnire into the nature and anlount of the olaitus of the present white settlers on the reservation. This duty they perfornked with a. desire to protect the Govsrnruent against nojust cla,ims, md at the same timeto do naiojustioe to the olsimants themselves. The result of their investigations into these matters are given in p. subjoined report. The eamrrlission remained ou the reservation fourteen days, busily ernployed in the duties above mentioned. In the meantime, it provided that the wonit,y goods for the Go-ai Utes, Western Shoshones, aod Northwestern Shoshone?, should be distributed and stored at a. nnmber of points in Utah and Nevada, and that iiufornnation should he carried to the several tribes that t,he oom~uission wonld meet them at designated points. In view of the extent of oouutry yet to be traversed, and the number of Indians yet to be met, it was thought best for the commission to divide here, and Speoial Cunlmis-sioner Pon-ell proceeded to carry on the work with the Pax-Utes io Southwestern Nevada and Southeastern California, and Speoid Commissioner Ingalls to the Western Shoshones of Western Nevada. The work to the southwest was continued until nll the Pai-Utes had been seen. Speoial Commis~iooePr owell returned by way of theMo-a-pa reservation, Saint George, . and Fillmore to Salt Lake City. Onhis way, in the vi~ini tyo f Beaver, the Pah-vantq who were out on a hnut~ng eacoraioo, were again met, and another long oonsult;?tion waa held with their chief, Ke-nosh. - Speoial Conrtriasioner Iugall.lls proceeded byway of PA-rm-a-gst Valley to Hot Creek, meeting there a number of Western Shoshones, and from thence to Belmont, wherea nornber of other tribes were met. Prom Belmont he returned to Hot Creek, and from thence proceeded to Hamilton, Egan Cmion, Spring Valley, and Deep Creek, to Salt Lake City, meeting a number of tribes at each place. On this hnrried trip the work was not completed. All of the aunui t ,~go ods to be distr'ibnted to the Shoshones had not arrived at the points at whioh they were to have been distributed, and eome of the Iudiana of the vicinity of Hanliltou had not assembled. It was therefore necaa-sary f i r Sl~eoiaUl omnlissianer Ingill8 toreturn to Hamiiton and Egau Caiion, which ha did, and on the corupletioq of the work at those plsoes proceedgd to Corinno, Utah, where he was met by Como~issionePr owell. Under their instructions the oommhaion should ]rave met the Northweskrn Shosho-nes a t Fort Hall, but a number of olro~~mstmoecos nspired to prevent this. I t was found that a part of them, under s chief namedPo-ka-tel-lo, hzd slready gone toFort Hdl, and had signified their intention of rarnaiuing and taking part with the Shonho- |