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Show - -- REPORT OB' THE CO.\I&IISSIOSER OF IKDIAN AFFAIBS. 11 I of Augnst last theomners, under T7ignos, procured a writ from the court ill Sa11 Vsancisco for ejectment of Iudians and for the satisfaction of t,he costs by the persoual property of the Indians. The execntio~o~f this mrit hns not o~tlyd eprived the Indians of t,heir ho~nesa nd of their crops just mataring for harvest, but has taken their litrle personal property 'in satisfaction of cost of judgment. It, is easy too~~der s tanthde exas-peration and despair prodoced among the Indiaus by such an order enforced by the:antliority of the State. Theirre~nonstrancea nd threats ui~iler t.he prordcation rere illterpretcd to mean violence, and the aid of the U~~i teSrtla tes ~uilitaryw as eroked agrlinst them. Tlteir forbear-ance and peneefl~l clisposition were, bo\ve\-er, soon manifest, and the fears of white citizens allajerl. The ageut llas becu instructed to pro-cnre, if possible, a witable raucl~w hich may be loase(l temporarily, mitb privilege of pnrcbase; but the e~r~bar rns sn~uen~d~ert nw hich the Depart-ment has lnborecl for the past two )-eitrsiu its eit~,rtsto r(?scne these 111dia11s from their preserlt cnnilition still continue. There are no nclenuatc fi~nrlsfo r their relief,eitl~eri n ~>iircbasiose11 1a.Il triicts of ~ o n u - ;<ips mere Set apart for the l>ermbnent homeu'of these I I K I I ~ I ~aSn, d the lands, by Esecotire order, mere \ v i t l ~ d r af\r~o1~1~1~ ~ ~ ~ h l i c ~Ast atlhea t time :b finrsettlers irnd marle imr~rorelileutsofc oml~ar;~tirelsy!n nll ralne witlliu these six toxrnships. This trnot of cnnutry, kr~o\\w aa the Pala and S a ~ iP asqur~lr escrrations, was adrlptetl t,o the Inilianu' wants, aud containecl lar~dss uflicier~tt o li~ruisltl ~omesfo r all the Indii~nsin 0;rli-foruia. rrl~o\r ere liable to be dispossessed of the humos tl1e.v \rere occu-pji11g' Cut the settiug al>art ~f these rescrratioils receiveil the most strennons, ouitetl, auil persistent oi~positiono f the ci t ize~~ansd prr 8s of * Califor~ria. The proceeding wa8 rrprese~~teafsi an e t~o r u l os~\~r~si r;dle npon theGoreruu~cnt and a l~irdship autl outrage upon the I~~iliaus, a ~ n~umdero us petitions and remol~strances,s igtietl by loading citizeus, \\-ere furwr~rded to tbc President. And the Iudiaus t,hea~selves. for ~ ~ r r iose biuefit alo~ret l ~ ere serl-;glioi~sh ad lbeen created, mere ind~oc&tdo ask 11ot to besent thither, b l ~tto be"1et alooe"u~~otlnle lallds tl~eywere thcn.occupying, and v l ~ i i hth e! were left to beliere 11.0uld remain per-maue~~ ttlhye ir homes. In accordance with this (lcni:~t~odf public opillio~lin California, Com-missiooer Parker sngg'stetl to the I ) e p ~ r tmot~h~e tl irqprietv of restor-ing the Pala a ~ l dS an Pasqnal rcserl-es to thcpublio rlo~n;tilw~,h ich mas accordiugly done by Esecntirc order of February 17, Nil, aud thisl:cst op110rtu11it.yo f fiiruisbing these 111ditt11ms ith ho~uesb y'subst i t~~t iptu~bg-lic lands in Gdifor~~ifao r those in the title to mhi~hth e Gr ~ r e r o ~ ~ ~ e n t had failed to protect ibam mas lost.. A resistailce to the l~ublicd r?mrmd i n strict conformity mith justice to the Irl(1ia11sw oi~ldh ave mabled the Go\-ernment then at slight cost to have mnde ample proririon for the 3Iissiou Indians. Thus tnattrrs re~nrtineilu util i ~ 1r8 73 the Depr~rtmetit, anticipating for all tbe Missio~lI udiaus whstt bas liltelj' bapl~ellrdt o the Temeculn band. called the attenbion of Coucress most earnestlv to the service in Caiitoruik~,b y \rhf;h &,eat relief wonltl h a ~ hee en brought to these Inilians; hut that estimate \vas reduced in the bill to the umual aruount granted for bhe other Inrl~aoso f that State., l e avi~~bgiit a s~nall nrnount which could in any case be nsell for the Mission Iudians. |