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Show XXIV REPORT OF THE COMXIGSIONER OF ZNDIAW AZFBIES. i a invited to the report of the commanding officer F ~ r Ftr ed Beele, Wyo., on t h e subject, and to the accompanying stiLtpments. GEORGE CROOK. Brigadier-(tpneral, Conwnandiny. [Inolosures to above report.] UPPERN ORTE P~ATI'E, B~ u e hC reek, J ~ l 6y, 1679. DE ~ ES I R : In regard to your inquiries of the Ute Indiana 00 the Upper North 'Platte, would Bay that there was *hoot 65 or 70 lo"ges, as. new, as I can ascert@n; , they camped on Jaok Creek, about the Giddle of Jw; tbey were evi&ntly a hunt-ing psrty, doing no damage and seeming perfectly ffiendly. They had caught wme elk cslves which they wanted to tradefor carpiilg~b~u, t the ranchmen would not W e . They *dad them some butter for ifuraml skins, and killed enough game for tlheirown immediate use. 'Yoour, r~pecttully, TAYLOR PZNPIBC?K. cM&or WHORR&UWH, Omanding Ww, 3wtRad. h b . P.S.-Thay s e n t eonth towa& North P a ~ kbb etwsen the 36 and 5th of July, but. done no damaga nor made no threats. WARM BPnInes, WYO., July 28,18/9. DEARS m: In response to your inqaides m r d i n t~he Ute Indians Who were re-cently in dhis part of the conntry, I mhmit the following : - The Indiana committed no depredations in t h ~ ssa ttlement beyond elsnghteriog game by the wholesale. No hostility was manifeeted toward any af the settlers, the indisns conduoting themselves peaceably ltnd quietly. No oattle was killed rmd no fires set. Rumora of txouble in the North Park have reached here fmm time to time, but 1 cannot vouah for their truthfulness. The Indians left *his coutm for theNorthpark .bout tho 3n of thia month-at leaat not later than rhnt rime. We bave nn one to iblnmo for the lndimrd h i n g in t h i c~o un1r.y but uunulvea, lor w r were swam ofthe faot that if yon had been not%ed of their presence that yon would have B% once &en stops to remove tbern. Lm C14EEg, C ~ W CN m m , W'YOMLHJ&O , Hrl679. SI$: In oolsplimce with your .repuest, L t a w in givipg yon dl the iinfor- BliVtion in my .posseasion, i n pefereuw t0 t4e la* ?Pisit of the Ute Indiw fmth e White Rirer Agenoy to this part of the qowtn. I reside, as yon bow, abo& 25 miles south of Fort Steele, on the Phtte Riv.er, wand ahant the last of Jans I had accsaion to go to &r+ C W , ilorne 1'2 miles farther south, and I found that a band of some 100 Indians lwd je* left Wagner's Xanoh, .having remained there only two daya, which time they used for trading horses, skins, &a. These Indians are v e r ~ f r h d l. v. .a nd tried in evar-a wav" not to n"e t into.tlouble with any one. They killed cona~derahls more tlnan they oonld me, hut that 18 not an uneornmon rhirng in r h i d ronntry. 1 heard uf no acts of host~litya, oll i s fact I know that none was oimmitted, as I have seen nearly all the ranchmen in 100 milea of me shoe theirdepmture. I have seen Mr. Jones, s miner, from North Park, who told me that n good mmg miners when they learned of the approach of the Indians, left and retomed hame. No depredations were wmmltted at the Park %ha$ I have ever henrd a€. WM. B U E R . MGar THORNBURGH, Conrmanding Tort Fred St~leele, JQo. |