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Show XKVIII REFORT OF THE OOMMlS8IOElER OF INDIILE: AEPdrFES. ful trafflcin&mmunition and liquor by traders, whese stores are on%nake wd Bear Rivers, and the neoesaity of military aid to break up tthi traffio. For the ,past eight-een months or more frequent oomplaints have been made to 6he offiee on account of the trasc carried on with the Iutliana by the traders. in the locations indioated, at mhose stores the renegade Utes oE Northarn Colorado and hostile Bannocks iu South-ern ldaho and Wyoming Territories, with other IaGless bands; have proanred hmple snpplies of ammunition. Two years ainoe, Capt. Charles F'arker, U. :S. A,, st&€ioned at Part Staele, was direoted on the recommendafion of this offlce, to mbke sn'%+eati-gation of iffairs on the Bear River, wi%h a view to the ebtablishment of a idilitsrv i m t there to protect thesettlers .andbreak ap the imvless biifscwith tbe lu&mink keep them upon their r ~ ~ ~ n a t wAnfte~r ..a thorough investigation of.&e;rn$tter +hat offioer, together with the.agent .of thewhite River,&en=y, reported stronglyin favor of the measure, and rm the 19th of September, It??, copies of 'mepaparswere trana-minittea to the department, wi6h a view to securing the necesasry action on tbe part of the War Depmtment; hut the of the General of the drmy were then adverse to the moommendation of the offloer, gnd the evils oomplained of h m since beoome more wideepmad and serious in Oheir character. Thwageni urges the n e o ~ i@. o+fh e -employment .ofsmili*=y yame to o v m e a ud zestrain the Indiana, and to break np the trfioreferrea to on Sniike end Bear Rivera; and i t is respwatf~111yr ecommended thst his oommnniostion be refemed to the honor-able the ~eoretsryi f war, ki th the request thnt 'he cause the n&-y &rs to issue to tbs commandant at Fort 'Steele to deta?l 'the requisite number of troopsfor the purposes indicated. Very respeotfully, E. J. BOOKS, . . Acting Cm¶t(ssionel: The Honorable the~8e cneT~OnFr TH.E WE ~ O R . About the 25th of August, tbe sli@ff of Grand County went to the White Rj~er.A.grencwy ith wmants for theomst of two Indians charged with bwning .s, house on Bern Biv%rlkbelongintgo to e. byt rbe nsmeof Thompson. 'In..regmd tothis the:+& f&sks : @ I:a%mpbed.to get Ohid Douglas to &st, soehat these culprits mighi:be fonnd,%ut 'he reTnseil, saying he knew aothing about them md he would :do nothing. And ~t he h& been exkreme1y9frien&@; he aends his boy to wheel and hw worked a11 summer. The Indians were not found and the&a6@:a nd posse of four returned." Early in September a difficulty occurred between the agent and the Iadians on a matter of plowing, of which the agent made .the fdlowing report : UNZTEDS TATESI NDUYS ERVICE, WEIXE Rrvm .&QENCP; C O L ~ ~ Q O , Sepkmkr 8, 1879. SIR: We bad reoentlyfinishedplorvingan8O-aore~$eldddaUinct~hde;n, n ei mi&d B pieee of aajoining lmd, and upon which the agenoy buikliugs stand st a corner. This pareel lies between tho river and the etewt oomipg to 0o .agency, and ,embraoeri ~- wo11mb1y~O:sereas,m d.the plsn ww *.devote50 .wwa ner t the etrent andw.-e ne-v to tilleil oraps and the remainder to gcass land, and. ,to inoloee the whols with ene .corn-mon fenoe. Fiat, it is necesasry to have fieus eqntiguew, +btfenenoeaqsybe watched and Jepr&sta~s kept in chwok,and &soto make the work of imiption ea ineggsnaive ra possiblw, aincetoomq water far involyeshe~vyau tlsys, hesidesbeing attended with .the:greetest diffioulties by newon of meven.grotmd. Inshort, thedescribed p a r d was every way fitted for the obhct h t e d , -and the new looation of the w-n c -r made with a view .of vtilising ind iinproviag this-pmrtic&~ lend. |