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Show BEPORT OF GOMMISBIONER OF Ih'DIAh' AFFAIRS. 55 Mu&. The~wis n dam, a mill-race, and mill-building, but no machineryin the mill. This ahonld st once be properly enpplied md worked, as the distancc to settlements where a mill is sitoated is very great. ROADS. There are thr e e ro~l ab ~ which the settlement on the rseerration is sppmched-one from the Hoalspsi mining district on the south, crossing the Colondo Rirer at the mouth of the Rio Virgen, soother from Saint George on the east, and another from Pioche on the north. A11 these mads are very bad, making it expensive to transport the neemary supplies and material for the reaervatiotion from t.he settlements where they can be pmcured. One of the roads, probably the one from the agency to Pioche, should be put iu good order at once. WHlTE SETILERS. At the rime rhii r~*~w\nt iuw~art eet apart by Eneer~lisno rdcr there we1.n a n!lrnl~or of fau,iliea *erllcd i r t the v.+lley, and they still reo~ilit, for the~,url,olc of holding tltoir ~laimr. 'l'hpv ureune the br,r lands and rontrol olnrl! of tlro warm whish io neacled f&Ithe raer;ation,*ind it was only by their sufferxnee thit the Indians were able to plant a omp this fall. I t will not be possible for the Indians to proceed with any ex-tensive farmioe until these oeoule am removed.. ~ There is daoisr of other t?oob~esa r i~iogal so, from their presenceon the reservation, a8 thereis a onnrtant nnnflinth ~t,wennth em mrl theIndiana. which beoomes more bitter rlailv. and. as ~~~..-~.. ~ ~ ~ ~~ " . ~ the number of Indians is increased, i t is liable to result in diaastroos ~, consequences. ImIWVEXEh-TS MADE BY FORUEB SETTLERS. Early in the year 1865 a number of people from Utah aettled iu the vslley of the 110'-*pa. Others followed rapidly and four towns were established, Saint Thomas, Saint donpnh. Overton. and West Point : snd the number ioaresrsed until it was claimed ~ -.~ ~-. ~~ ~ tbar rhvr,. \\-emna n. ;hilt, two ibnttea~~~d~ I I 1I11 Oth e vs l l~y. T11ese people mdt ) ex-rexl~ ivu~ n dvil laitble ianfi,ru\.e~n~.oAf~n. e x t ~ ~ ~ *sijs\t~rnal of inigafing-cansls wab 1~011~1r~61e3r ae4d t o nrilin, all tllc wafer of rbc .\lo'-%i,a. ~ ~ As the oountry wps destitute of timber, cottoow&ds wore planted along theae water-courses. l\luoh labor was also expbded on the opening of roads. When theae people came into the valley it v?aa supposed by them that they were settling in the Territory of Arizona, but when the lines separating Utah, Arizons, and Nevada were rnn by Government surveyors the valley was found to be within the iurisdiotion of the State of h'evada. Thereupon the iuhavitants of the valley ahan- >on4 tllr:r honlcx uul nwrned ro I'tul,. \Vbuu ihry leir, orhrr s~filersc lrno in nod locntnd elnimn in rile moat valaablu plrIn of thc. \.allc"r.. ~ inderrh b law, uf Sevoda enacted fot.rho -p ttr-p Jsauf rrctlriny po*scssory rights. The hooseg erected bu the orieinal settlers were bnilt of adobes, usually covered aitl; t$;sor esrrh, awi Ir inp rf perishable n~aterinl, rhcg, airh vicept~onr. hare gonn to ruin. Tlbedu rreeptionn aro the r>w hun3rs which t l l u pr~snncin habitant8 hnrr ur r~~oi sadnd nretierved. '1'1tve. eeoi,la havc sl*o kcpr up only a par1 oi the orig- - Giloanais, eonstruitin-g some new wit&-waya, and sdaptinh them io their praseit wants. -. , To ntlllee the oralley ss a. reservation for the number of Intlianswbich it is pmposed to assemble hefe, it will benecessary to repair the original ccnals sod drain certain swamps vhioh were only partially drained by the first inhabitants. Tbia can be done with a saving to the ~me r nmo uot f probably more than s, hundred thousand dollsss, in comparison with the original cost of the work. The land has never been surveyed by the Government, and the original owners lost their possessory rights by abandonment. Tbe present settlers have acquired posseeaory rights, not to the whole valley with 811 its original improvements, but only ta snlch parts as are covered by their saueral claims. I t wonld be impossible for the ori6inal owners to acquire possession of the valley again without pnrohasing the rights of the present owners. They could yet obtain possession of the unoocupiad portions of the valley, but this would not be anited to their commnnal orgaoiz%ti,tione, nd it is be-lieved that they do not desire to return, under my oirenrostances. SPECIAL REPORT. The right+ of ithe praent settlersste more fully set ,fort11 in the special report, of , whioh ment~onb as been made. SHE PAX UTES SHOULD BE NADE FARMERS. From the fure~oingit will be seen that the valley of the Mo'-a-pa is well adzpt,ed to agioulture, and that a sptenl of onuals is already oonstruoted. The Indians them- |
