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Show 56 REPORT OF CO~XMISSIONEH OF IXDIAX AFFAIRS. sclves:lre willinp ro work nnd a~txidnsto cultirate r l~er uil. Iltngerhrr rlw cireiun-bfanced are rcry favorfiblo tu the prokst or' innking ~ W I I ~ C Mof tL.tl Piti U~CIaIn. d r in~+ eunbliug rllmtu lo h r o n ~ aa elf-snzariiinin-r . and r,,nvt:ninu" r-hr w t'tou: riviu!ir., LI:II>LV.I.- - ous saviges to civilized peopla. I UTES. There we swen tribes eoastituting the Utos of Utah, organized into tl confederacy under the chieftaininqy of Tav'-wi, (Ti~h-hi.) The total number of these Indims is 556. By oftioial construction they are on the reservation in the ralley of the Uintah, while in fact but 8, amdl part of them remain there, tho greater number assembling there from time to time to receive supplies of clothing, &c. For 8, number of years the Seuvl-arits, numbering 144, hsve refused to go to the reservation a8 a tribe ; but oconsionall~in dividuals have aoveared there. allulwl bv 1t.a unnonl distr.il,utioex. Lalc iu the purl suninler 111~cu ritb rribo nenr iu r b r rt sa; vution arid 8iblli!!Ccl tLotr iut~urionu i remni!li~,g 1hel.n and hmonlin* t:u.n~eld,i t' tllry euuld rcreivv the nrresary s<slsrnt,cu. Since rha it~srnllrl~uuotf a chtrf itiluwi Xu - int*, klloeo to tlto white nb~i)t3 U1wk Flawh, 1h.s trihri hn* bevo rhe :error ut'tlte apt- 1ll.r~. Sumetlrncr rhvy lln<r Levu juirbrd in 1Lcir J.:ltrednfiout hy L'te~ front L C J O I I ~ rlto Culorndo Ilivrr, LIII uitt:eel b.s rLe Nurainpa. Great ut~r181,zror i l.o~rrsu nd c.ltile love heeu d r i ~ wt tx sy frmt> t I . r ~ e 1 1 1 o ~o~i ttt~, ~i~n~ ~d r~uvrc~s ~,! i bunslr~dea, nat at O L . ~ tilnu, W ~ P I tIl wv w r e ill 1 e . a "n~i~tl t rllr Xav:<i;k!8, all of tlxu ~( . I I IPI I IOiUll II~I W Syvil.l. \:alley nitd rat:;us 311 tllo 6; I'c,tu Valley \,era I,n,livn I ~ I , . ;nvl +.lrhI or. ten thwl*ntn~l bite people were rlriveu from their hamas. But their &at chyef, No'-ints, is dead, and his lientenant and suooessor. Un-ka'-na-ro'-run. died in erest distress narlv in t,ho ~~ ~~~ winter of 187V73. Ea.xly in t,hb last summer s tcrkible sooGgo swept OR' gre"at nnn; hers of this tribe, until bat 144 remain, aud these, terrified and humble, sue for pmee aud promise to wo~k. TllE UTE dGE60Y EEYOVED FROM SPAXIS11 ITORIC TO UIKTAH YALI.EY. Soon after the organization of the Territorp of Utah. theUte Indians iuhn1,itina that part of t b~~c o o n t r~u l~~b rni,ilrclleiud 1 l . r l ' ~ r i t ~ ~nrk.tvt, sds8gnrcl by the ratl,erih;c:~d-ent uf Indian ndairs "$1 clurg. thc re, and r L i 8 p 1 1 tit~i- ting tttoder Ilin~,rcnR N I ~ IrI. ( : ~ r \ i l . riona or firrun. and rvre enenntr:rxcd rultivacr rho soil. wrnc nr rue vallev o i t l t r . Uiutah, otheri at Arraneue, in tb8 valley of the Ss;n Pete, 6 t h a~t C~or n &e&, near Fillmore, but the greiter number at Spanish Fork, on t,he shore of Utah Lake. At this last plaoe aganoy-buildings were ereoted and farming mas oonduoted on an exteu-siw scale. Subsequently these Indians were more or lass nealaoted, and the improve-ments made at Spanish For* weredeatroyed. In theyear la85 a treaty was made xith these Indiana, under which it was stipnlsted that they should all go to thereservation in the valley of the Uintsh and give up their right to the other little fama of Nhich mention ia mads above. On the par1 of tlld 1.uirecl 8mrr.i ir \\.usn gred rhur lhoy ~ l ~ o s 1be~. 1z zrablisl~tvl nr henlarncn and f i ~ ~ n i t rws ,i th ~ui11s imml erboulx, aoll nla1.g other pn,risiouh ri,r rltrir henelir. Tlrnr tre:aty suo nerer rlltitienl by rhe jvnate, bttr ?II., Indiana tl~v~nar.svss1 00- posing it to he &: valid u&Te+mcnrir olu rho rinw 11w a8 hignuJ Ly rheztl, lvtve, au iur $3.1 it h:.r lliao 1,oaciLlr fur tl~alrtr, oniwttted to l1.i pruvlsiolla. Tlbo Curevnmeut, cln i r l nart, rbroucl! nLr ircovni/itt~t he treats, still ~ i v e11 10 k3di;rnr :I 11l~vmall tt>t,lvo f &thing, a<d other artiaes fo<don~astic< se, hut <th asnever rnatlt: any adeq~tt<$i<vi-sion for them sopport and establishment ssagriculturiuts. CISKOT BE IZEPT ON TRE REBERYIITION. ' . In their arsocistition with the white settlers in the valleys of Utah, u~a n ydi ffionlties hare arisen from time to time, and frequent complaints have conla up to the Indian Department at Washingtonagainst these Indians, on the ground that they wonld not remain on the reservation. But it has not been posviblafor them to remain; they h;wa been compelled to o elnewhere to obtain a living. In the summer of 1872 the greater number of these Indians appeared in the s~ttle-ments about the shore of Utah Lake and in SanPete Vnlley, omsing some alarm to the people. A special lodian agent and a ntunbsr of Army ofScers met them in oonnail soon after for the nrpose of inducing them to return to the reservation. When tolrl that theywould be &rced to go back, they openly defied the authorities, and ohallengecl some of the officers who were preeent to fight. When dteresrd informed that they rould be furnished with food an the a,genoy, that herds of cattle and loads of flour should be immediately taken there, they ngreed.to go, and some of these Indians have ' this summer told the commission that, at that time, they had determined to fight rather than stay on therese~vat,iona nd starve, for they feared hunger mare than tlzey did the soldiers. Under the existing state of facts, it ie unreaeonablc to expect thrvo; Indians to remain on the reservation. |