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Show 54 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. thev all a-wed to come toeether on the reservation set anart for them bv Executive ord>r iu i6e vslley of the &lo-a-pa "ti these eon~litiaoa-that the Gorarnmknt will m-more tibe white wtllen, therefrom, nncl w~lml i a r t h r n~t o remove thew old people and rhildruu from tltuir urrsvnt to their ~rusuectt\.uh omo an tho reerrration, and will a*- sisb them to become igrioolturaliatq ind bravide for their maintenance uitil such time as they can take care of themselves. These oonditious aw reasonable and just. There is no ame on the reservation, and the native prodnats are few, and it would be impossible r%r the Indians to live on the reservation without assistance. It would be useleas to take them there without at the same time urovidine far their sounort, as in such a, case they would be compelled at once to aejttcr ngai; over the vdrj. country from whence thiy had been taken. GESEGVATION ON TEE MO'-A-PA. 8ALT. In the bluffs on the hanks of the Rio Virgen, a short distance below tho mouth of the Mo'-&pa, there are extensive deposits of salt, in many plaaes very pure and.eiasily socessihle. Ibis probable that those salt-beds can be worked to sonm extont, and tha products thereof luerle 8 source of revenue to the Indians. CATPE-RhISING. In rlw ttpper ])art of rhe valley of ill0 .\lo'-a-pa ari. tho ~rn~r-landaabuv~et~ rnrinnrd. I n additiou u,t ltcsr, along the dry baxwbea either 8ial.i :~ndin a fc\v plnc,3 nioug rlta rallcv of the Vircen. tltrreis a ar.st~ra uunlr ~ii,utarl~-zmcaT. he re$el.variol#d oen not s o d extensive &oi'iities for cattle-raisibc, though a>ew cows can be kept with The bniltlill~1O :.IIJO~1M)sI ~ L IP)IC SCII~ ~~h i r r~r t t I t .~dof, tnrtrl ~ b ~ v ~ mwr irrdh tttl..., :t sptwiea ot wc4-llkr plrntr. 'l'llq world b ~0.1 ' grP.81 ~3111.1 roc ihe it!l!ll~di~rc1 1 0 ~o i rhn eu1plny6, and n part or' 'In? J!ttlinns. TIMBEG. Within the preseut bouudari& of the reservatiod them is no t i~nb&, luta short d i e tame beyand the nseateru line a small amount of timber ann be procured on the aide of a moontain known asGaas hiou~rtsin. To prcyeot peonl la tors ti om seieingthisfor the pnrpose of selliug it to the Governhcut, the boundaries of the reservation ahoold bs extended so as to iuclode the timber-tract. Hunhds of thousands of cottonwoods have been planted on the reservation, in part by the present settlers, but chiefly by othera who preceded them. These are making vigorone aud healthy growth, and r i l l , in,* few years, fu~.ninha n ahundancn of wood far foel, and some for building porposas In the mean time fuel caa be pmclrrerl by asing the few mesquite bushes that grow in the yioiuity of the fanus. |