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Show I B P W T OF THE COMMISGZONER OF INDIAN AFFAIES. g'XV NOR^ PLATTE RIVER, W ~ D ~ G , July 25, am. Sm: In raply to your inquiries I would respeotfnlly state that the band of Indians who were lately here left this coontry on the 1st instant, going aonth into Colorado. I don't dhink they set out my fires or interfered with $he aettlers in my way whilst here, and I have had a good cbanoe to know. They killea considerable game while here. Yours, respectfully, B. T. BRYAN. Fnas S~ELE, WXQ., .ra@ 86, -1679. D~ansrtr:Z nens~erhyo ur inquiry, I h s ~ ien st returned from a aeven days' bur-n e-ty r b o aanby wbiob the % India; havo been traveling and huniinc. iEeinp well aeqns i~mdyi thse titktlersof chn countrj, haveplet 8 4 e onsereed withmost, sf thw, and have L e d no complslnt exoept rhgreat daughter of m e . I ttsvelcll 30or 40 mil- along ila hawaftbe mouutainann their frail and did ~t aen where my prairie or fim%rr&n had orkinetea frm their e a ~ ~mor ,w hm then, had been my ~a~ent ikei. k wn fnom.&e-mnc+ma that tse $ndikoa left the SO* P& sbo& Suly 1, snd have heend nothing furbheFaf fheirmwemants. NEWTON MBJE. , " . SIn: In answer ta your inquiry zegmding the Ute Izdiana, I do not thing they set any of the fves in this part of the corntry, as the tie-rnen admitted to me that the 6rea on Bmah and French Creeks oan-z ht from their camwfires. Thev crossed on Reaver Creek fifty miles aonth of Steele on June last or July 1, going north. ' Veq mqmtfdly, Wi. B. HUGUS. M*. T. T. TUORYBImGi3. coun.uliag Polr Skk. GRAXD ENCAXPWEaT CREEK, Wlp P.3, lb79.. 8nr: 10 reply to ywr inquiries copoerniag the Ute @di&ns who bbly visited thia *.on, 1.wi dom you thst I 8 & 'a~n d b d t d w ith Qeae Iadisps on or about .?&-%h of 3dy, they were on their way sou* @ward thee a g a n 9 . b ~w w.~of 'N&h Park. Thew I n d i p ~ & o n t Oin number-were very peace&ble& polits, and did & otSlQW% aPY .dn.prrdn$i~nO~r ,t ibow any h-b tOKarda BUY of the ht his oountry. Them were k s se t abont this time in t&e timber, but it is not known k w 4hsy originpted. I hsvq sinae their demure, l e a d from Mr. Jehn Le Fern, of Xorcb P a , thst wother bsnd of &eae $dim wezi in h'orth Pq!x iojnne, and that w e d t Bs miopaa talksd of t l r i~ixg*.e m &, bat on oopvsraing with WBjte -ape, *air ahid, $they lapFned .&at the Indiana did not via trouble, and they irmtledietely left. Thia in ell1 know or have hema of this aubjwt. GBEY NICEOW., BhJ. T. 4'. TSOKMIURGH, Four(& Infan.hy, Fort Be$ Stselp, 1Pyo. FOnT.Sm?aLE, W-O., h l y % , lS9. SIR': &fenkg to yonrinquiries ss to the doing8 of the Utes, who =em Ishlgin the Ylatte Valley, wuth of thia post, I would respectfully state &&t a psEtS of qhite River Ute kdians camped on Beaver Creak, Jane 30, they being then on their way 8ouch,racl at they crwaed the Colorsdoline July 1. Daring their stay on the Platte, they killed considerable game,.but offered no violence to settlers, nor did they, 80 far I have been able to learn by diligent inquiry, set fire to my grass or timber in this 00,mtry. |