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Show . REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. tionsvith the Indinus under my charge far a partibn of their reservation, during whioh I had to make s. trip of inspection to the territory about to be ceded. I returned from this trip on the 2lst instant, and all the Utes then at the sgenoy signed the treaty. I am in hopes, and have made the necessary arrangements, to h a ~tehe reqoiaite number of malea sign before Congresa meets, so that the treaty esn go into effect at ' the com-mencement of the nexc fisoslyear. It is uonecesmry for me to go into details in regard to the treaty just concluded, as Mr. Brunot, commissioner, will report upon this. The country ceded by the Utea, including, as it does, probably the mast extensive andrich-eat mining district in the United Steceq embraces abaot four million acresof land, of verv little value to Indians. beins unfit for aerioultural purposes end devoid of same, btliuV :al~no~i~t ~enlculal~+lsci. u n ~ o(:o laradu i11d the uuiimi. A strip, dftsvn miies in width, nloltg the liuc uf Sew Jlexicu,cull,rncin~ agrirullural laud onlg, loas heen rrssrrtd f$>,rt llo aourhrrn bauds, 2nd I rralllid ~ ~ S I I ~ C I I U IrI~V~ ~ ! n ! ! wtbnxdt at an earl" claw, na cunten,plat~.l 181 rlr~.n ci. Ircdty, :,I, nfeoly he n;tabliplred rLr there m,utherh Imnds npou tl~ins trip uf rracrvatiu~o,w hich \\ould olwinre rho necraith- of continulop tilo azuocje~:n r TPIT;A) mar11I;t and Cirnarmo. New Mexleo. The l'rra sra mrhrr i l l - olinel to agricultural pursoits, while the Tab&unohes prefer to hunt and probably en- |
