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Show REPORT OF COBlkIISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.' '61 but it ;6 ~di ; . r edt hat i~r~n t u a ltlhge ir c o nw~Ct I ~Ob o ~ b ~ ~ i u n l . The cuuditiou of tlre3c lntliaus do- not diwcr materiully from rltnr of r l~eI' ai-Ute8 ruld Go-<iI lre. wLwh b : ~ nIte rn LIeretofore obcntioned. IIIUIIL'iItI 81n)uld L~c~~t :t~htaet d the ~ o r suou tlwnn ir1b,.9 ;trc i n nn ercexdingly demoixlhed'stitre: rite\. pl.u\rl L L ~ U I ~ ~ tbc nliniopranlll3. Lcggisg sltd p i l f v r i u~th~o aonlen pmafil81til>~~I I $ . ! ~ : P I Y E ~ 10 ILP Iu,r of r h l~ow er r1;b.s ui urn. There are no Indiana in all rlw rerrltorv vlhiterl 1," yoor commission, ~vhuse removal is so imperatively demanded by eausi;lrr;~bious i f jastiee and huainoity, as these Shoshones of Nevada. THE PORT HALL RESERIATIOS. . I u a eom~uunication to the Donsxtmeut, mwle h\- the oommicsion ia J~:ae lest. and \vl~icli~s en~llotlic.d1 1, Ibis r~:~or r , 'gat :~wrals tarcmcvtr wna mwln couuerulng the &luu of tlbe dirrrit.r of ruontl.y n-ithin thr inound:~ri*ao f this rcat.rvntio!!. I t is oecswarg on17 to rel~ejr1 11,. ~tur.!o,rut tllar the l.t~rr\ntiolils onito slllticicllt mtd tlle CUllnrrr wefl adapied for the pnrposes for which it was set ctpaFt. On the reserrstinn therp some good buildinss, a, saw-mill, grist-mill, and shingle-machine. Some fnrmiog has been carried on, ohlefly by the employment of Indian labor. It is r6pouted that there are 1,037 Iudims on the reserration at least a part of the year. To the northwest, on t.hs Salmon River, there area number of tribes, numbering dtogetber nbout 500. These tribes were visited during the paat year by $he specin1 comnlission, of whioh the Hon. J. P. C. Shanks was chairman,eud it is proposed bythat commission that tllcseludians a180 be brought to the reservation at Fort Hall. Tho total number of Iudiana thus to be collected on the reservation is 3,682, vir : 1,037 nlreatly on tho re8err:rtiao. 500 of tbe Sdlmou River tribes, 400 of the Northwestern Sl~oshouesa, ud 1,98 of the West-ern SBosl~oneu. THE PA-VI-0'-TSOES OR PAH-UTES. l u the rrporr of tllo uxenr of the I'a-vi-0'-rsncs b~lotqing10 the \V311ivl River and Pyr.twid ].aka re~errrriu3at,h cso lndinz~sn roesti~unlrultoi laxnb.~r POO. They s e e u ru be mnkion rub3rnntial progrene ill ri~ilirnrlun,( .lllliv*llllg 1110 80il to tlln eswlltof T I ~ P fsciliriraEtt'uded on tI~t~rr~e~.vaiiuns,ax~datil,tll,luer~tn wlvurla vg~lvb y tislling,nvlli~~g tllesurylns prnd~~r rdnthf e IiAerier nt good rater to the pooltld bf r lw r:xilm.td tos.or adjmr.ut. 'i'bpre a p p e a i ~ t ob* ino T ~ S D ~~ OI P ~ ~ I IthKeO op luion rsprorsecl in tho sratn-nwut i t t . ~ I e Inqr Junethnr rllc Ir~dinnsnhnnlldl ,e re~nnvedtoao~~tnorhcrplnalrloo re they mu brcono~rn ~ r i r ~ ~ l t ~ t r nSl lil~lclcs 1.h ;rt v#~!t1!#>t8~~ieaat3iu51 ~1 t ~ ; d ~ n d ~ I i tni iuld~otna. l f or m8.h a I ~ I ~ U V I I II I I ~ VdC~ l,tarcd. It is ~,n,bnblet har the Cent~.alP auitic Rnilrosd Cum- ]#:i~t? 1s enritlt,~It ~ d pii;r~f tllc land e ;ubr rul ~ l r h i nth e reservarlon,nnder the grant ~z~:utloo it b ,C~u ngwsr. if thin al~uuld1 ,rovnrrae. it would Iw neeen=ry to pnrrh.wusueh Iandr in t , ~ . t l r l .t o stcum tlbrrc rwerrarwor for the O P ~of the llldl~09,xntln -Ite!r *n vur-chased they would heentirely inadequate to their rants. Doubtless' tbe Indiana t6em-selves wouldrai8ise verg seriousobjectxoos to tho removal, but they ;treindustriiouus,intelli-gent, managable people, knd it is believed that if the neoessities for the removal were properly rlypr~rentedt o them, and, i n addition to this, they are given substantial evidence that good lands will be~ocured to them. and that thev will receive valuable aid b\- being &ppl~t.d airh iarnting.impleu~ents, seeds, wrtl;,, &c., 113cg will trcnl-urllp mmnswr to the rrs~,ovnl., Fro", rlla best irltiwnlationrtt rhccommabd ui tbu cubu-miir3iu~ r.a nd nfiar nuLi~i cdl lncent iarquiri*.r, i t id belierml rb:it rlrern are about 1.01M Indian; allied in laogoaie tolthese Pi-vi.o~tsces, yet diatribnted about ~ a s t e m ~ N e - vada and Northeastern Califomis. During the past senaon the commission met many of the chiefs and principal men of tlms tribes. They, like the otl~oIrn dian6 of Utah and Ne rd&,a re anrioos to obtain lauds. Doubtles~n o great difficulty would be met i n inducing them to go an a, reser-vation; but within t,he territory inhabited by them there are nonnoccnpied lands .which eoulrl be secured for their use. To the north, on the Xalhenr River, there is s. reservation of what ia represontod to he good land, well wxkred, and with abundance -of timber. On this resorvntion the1.a are about 500 Indians allied to these of Nevada .and California. The com~nissiolld eem it. wise that an etiort s b o ~ ~bled m ade to oonsol- |