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Show 60 REPOnT OF C041hflSSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. used to indemnify the people for the loss of the improvements seized by the Govern-ment. Such s eou~seis manifestly absnnl. In the menutime the people of the town of Guunison, not having been removed from the lands, have steadily increased the vdne of their improvements, and other settle-ments have been m d e on Ssn Pete Ever. The same statemint would be true in respect to Corn Creek. No settlements proper have been made on tho Spanish k'o1.k reservation. Mines have been discovered in the vicinity of neep Creek, and non-oamm~~ upaelo ple have settled on nil the best of the lauds~vithint. he bouurlaries of rlie so-called reserrxtiou. . The several tribes of Indiaus to whom the *arms at one time belonged now elninl their original fmnls, and also these communal tokns, thus greatly eon~piicatingt he administration of Iudiau affairs iu the Tenitmy. I t is s.reat1.y to ire desired that the question shollld be settled at the earliest practicable gay. The coolu!issiou ~r.onld therefore recolumo\lrl tho repeal of the law of 1564, whiah would plilce theso tracts rw the salue footiug as ot,her Guve~.nmellt lands-sul?jaot to "ha~uestaad eocrr." NORTHWESTERN SHOSHONES. A part of the Nor th~~es terRnh osl~ones~~ndPecir- ka-tel-lo and 'Tav'-i-w~u~~-sllr'-a have already remored to resen.atiouu. Their want8 will doahtlaas be l>ropcrly repre-sented by their respective sgonts. There are yet two tribes ~ ~ u i t eind r confederacy mlcler the ohieftnocy of Si1,-pits for whom provision should be made. At the last conference held with the* this full they siguitied their willingness to go on tho reservation s t Fort Hal1 provided its :wen. be extended so as to inolude a. certain vailey to the sontllwest. One or two days beforo the Colllmission left tho field on its return to Washington an assistant mas sent to socompany the chiefs of thesetribes to the Fort Hall Reservation for tho purpose of exsminiug the country. Mr. Reed, the want far that reservstion, kindly consented to go with them, and to do all in his to satisfy them of tire good intention of the Goverunlrut, and the desirability of that district of c o o n t r ~fo x. a reservation. Since the return of tlie Cammiasion to Washington the followillg lettau has bee.n r eceived. " FOXPH ILLIX DLIASG EXCP,D eodnder 1, 1573. "DEAR SIR : I have the plensuro to say the Indians nessw a delegates reached here in doe time, and after 8, do or two's reet we aent them on their journey except -, who, with his wife, o ~ ~ ~to latonp h~ere~ ovder the winter. I was sink and sent bexcl-iidrrner Baker, a man every way reliable nod mail ncqoainted with the country. They found a place which pleaaed thom a few miles sooth of this, and up Bannock Creek fbund enough good land to satisfy them,eil of which is on thereservation. They weze so well pleased aa of their own accord to xhnndon the jonrney to Goose Creek alto-gether. They say in the spring they will come in force prepared to h1.e their hunscs and fixtwres, and go tofar~niug,& o. ' Respectfolly yours, " RENRY W. REED, . " " C+tifedS tates Ifidinn .lgi i:. G. W. IXGAI.IE.Ssq,. " It will tI>tts Ls,, ~ . ? Y B B1 1 ~:~)I1 t h* Sorti~westt>r.!3~lt o~l.otw.al navt, i~gr?e1~0l 20 W; tl rcserv.ttio~o; at l i ~ v IlI sll, incrigatt.cl by their ilc.*in. rc, oI>l;aillI ;t1141n n.1 i!,ttlet. n p n >to-trrioll tloat tlob tiuvct~lturonr n.#,aicl r,:cura t\, IhPn, n wlntal.#,nr rlrie r~ rllc. sn!,w: :31!tI The Weatern Shoshones number 1,945 and are divided into thirt,y-oue tribes. T1:ey inhabit Southesstern Oregon, Southwestern Idaho, and Ceutral Nevada. Qf these tribesnot more than one-fourth took part in the treahy of October 1, 1563, made at Ruby Valley inNevada. The tribes lirius to the soutli and west vexe not present or represented iu any manner. tinder that treaty it waa st,ipnlnted tthibt the Western Shoshones coold be called to a renervotion nt the will of the Pasident, oud thnt the\r, r r ib.oal~~~rorlwdi vc. annuitie, to r l~unolo~n~in$ti. uOJ for n r e r ~ ~ ~ o l ' t wy~winlnts,. ~ ouly t l ~n,~ ,rrhcrrrt riltva, \vhu took ynrt iu rho rrcnt?, l$n\.tir eeriural rlrs beneilt of tl.ia t i l t . The suurheru rtuel werrrru irilws, 11:tvilng tatell no p.rr1 in ill< t r t : ~ ~ , ~ , luirc n,rclvrd no parr of rite nnnttitire,xl.d cunai~ldtrl rd r l lc) :Ira n!ldc~. ~lblipnchst>~ to tlm (;er~cvitl( ;o\.-rnrn~nt,:t mI exl.ihtr scmw relt~ctut,<Ir< , t l te~rp rop >wtl~ VI I IO~: .~ 70 a t i . l'h t,;rr~I~(.r!r.! ill..*, \VIeIlOill 1 :1Lv T : I ~ia . 111% 11.1 .)I!, n1111111 pl v t . .~1 .3 |