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Show 1 REPUFtT OF IBE OOU1IS81ONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. XXI'II 1 On the 11th of August the agent again complained of the had con-duct of his Indians, as follows: WEITE RIWR AGENCYC, OW. , At~gwt1 1,1679. 8m: In a letter of this date (A) are several things conneoted with the snhjeot of thi letter. I have a strong belief that a raid is to be made on our herd thmugh the connivance of the Indians, and what I want is a&cient military force to be sent hither to awe these sevages, so that they will stay at home. When this shall be done the Indians will be in a condition to improve, but now it is simply impossible; indeed, I fear they ere already so demoralized that yews upon years will be required to make anything out of them. A few, sav twenty or thirty, I have under my oontrol, and I have great hopes of them; but the rest, folly 7W, will not stay here. It is useless for anybody to tell me to keep them st home while there la no obstacle to their going away, and even while they are welcomed by white men who teaeh them aU kinds of iniauities. 1-hxd aeonrersation the other day on the earsairh Mujor Thonrhurgh,commandaot st Fort Stmln. He said he lanai always scot my requesta forward and that he had re- I eeived no orders. and he added that if vou shonld reauest the Secretsrvof War to I command him ta keep the tribes on their reservation he could start a, company of 50 oavalrr at a day's notice. but without orders he oould not eo ten miles Gom the fort. Another tronble lies in rhe score8 on Snake and Bear Rivers, or even nearerh~w, hirh sdl smmunitioo for guu<Ls,p laying-card8 being in large supply. 1.~1,n o aak you whnt is the nee of my warning these traders when they know I hsve no power to back me? It is onlv a fame. I once wrote to the novernor of this State about the violation of the law,"and he told me if I could spplx%th e deputy United States mershal for the district'he would move. I did not apply to him, becam said deputy kept an Indian I .. . stare himself. The things to he done are thrae: Have the militqhreak op the selling of ammuni-tion (and liquor), and the basing of annuit-y -mo d.s a t these storee. Than, as the ~ n dcoiuld no.t. hunt ther w&ldaark to -pe t mone..~.~. e r h s.o tsr ao. some. and s store would b e s t a b l i e d hem. Of c o w the military must keep thorn on their Msewa-tinn, and white men o& When tbeae thinpa ahall be done tlte Indiana will begin to oonsider the question of sending their children to school, snd they will open &IS. Now they will not. Already they are making their plans far going north, after they get their annuity goo&, to hunt buffalo. If anything can be done I would like to have a hsnd in it. ' Respectfully, Hon. E. A: EAYT, Cmnwiissiona. Indian Aff're, Wmltinglon, D. C. Upon that letter the following report waa made by this office to the Secretary of the Interior September let, and was by him referred to the War Department September 2d : 81n: 1 have the honor to transmit herewirh copy of a lettar dared llrh ulrimo, [rum I'nited Stntes Iodiau Agent Meaker, of the Whitn River Agenr~., respecting dopreds-tions committed hv Indians of his anenev. and diUieulticd in his was ill keenine them I " -. - - upon the resarvation without military aid. The &gent states that the larga majority of them are 'Lconstantly off the reservs-tion aud intimstelg oasocieted with the mffians, mnogMles, and oattle thieves of the frontier," andhe is of opinion that these outlaws, aided by the Indiana, will make raids on the her& of government cattle during the-coming winter. The agent ah0 calls attention t,o the evils resolting to the Indians from the nnlaw- |