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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IN COLORADO. whites with whom the Indians have met, and presented in various for~ns,s o that i t has tended to annov and keep them somewhat restlees. The strioteat vigfiauct; has-been exercised during the year in regard to trespanarrs and intruders upon the reservation, with n view of prsrmtiug any pos~il,ility of trouble and s. eortflict batween the whites md 1ndisus;which appeared imminent at any time, from the fact that large numbers of whitcs sere npon the borders of the reverve in all ,llireations, uneasy and olamaroua for the removal of the Iodiaus, that the7 might enter uponand locate ranches. Malls hsve tresr~avaedn 11on and sul>.iected the&sel;es to remoral from the rewve; the only result, hitred ana cursea up& the agent. Last April some unknown parties, supposed to hrwo been passing through the reser-vation, atole and drove off twenty-three head of Indian homes and ponies, which act seemed to excite and oreate among them n. feeling of hatred anrl revenge that waa at the time diScult to overcome; yet fmm prompt action taken at the time, aurl suocsss in recovering all of the horses and ponies, good feeling waa restored. \Vitbal, the Indians hsve conducted themselves pescefi~lly, land have done all in their power to pmsorve peace upon the reservation. They have vary frequently branght to the agency horses that hsve strayed into their herds, belonging to whites, and left them. for their owners, or have notified me, so that all have been able to recover their prop-erty. About the l e t of last Jnly I n,ae informed by my Indians that from evidences they h- ad reoeived there were a number. or at least a band. of reueeade Pah Utes noon the ~ rmt~rvario~t-ll~na+m~e rhohni t beli*.vc<lh ad ~ o t ~ ~ e 8 i trtli~~drir ) ,rcwiur.i<;ur. ~nd nlurderh tihe prcvioar blry ill lhe sielnily or' tile Imlorra Rivrr snni Sierra la 8al-and auoeta~edtl lctr il~>nwrl~raatle,l ure. l.h*.~r ~r~)i*l>H+ ~.dll ltic.it,nlI ~ ~ ~ u~f t~llv~ir I!JW~I c I krgns scouts, andafter rnakikingamangemknt~withGenerR~1. S . Meokenzie, oommand-ing the military iu this diatriob, who hrnished two companies of cavalry, I started in pnmuit, hut we were uusuccessful, as the ranagsdea, by some means or other, mlde their escape in thafaatuesses of the mountsins. Before learing on this expedition I ~.. ~ d n mthae entire n l ~ r n hof~ m v Indbls. who warwthen ~oatteredo ver the reserve ~ ~ ~~~ n,,l.lh autl rwlrnnl 10 the rr.r;.nr uf lltirty ant1 furIy nnllc.s, lo itlo\.rr in cvjl o: tlbr age! eg and din.rfly aros s r l~a1: rlcrbtnplltgrrr Kirer, when: I knew titry not~ld1 1,.o ur of tihe wag of ang pu*il,ln lmuble. tu rlairh rhey ar uuru cuulplicd. Sol lollg after-wanl, hurevcr, ~ ~Jlutglid #~isb ~tllietlm v 111:tr r h r ~ha d cupture~lf r o oi I hn rc.neg~dc I'nh l'rr., nucl nqurrrcd a<lvit,t: 09 to 6%ln:rl rl#n#tld be dune witlc rh<.l,#. 1 at WWY, onl,.nd rllent lbronrclor 18, t l s nconcs, wl>icls titer conllslini \ v i t l l . svlben 1 notified tlw oon~maudingo tSce? a t the can&n&nt, near agigencg, 6s the fact; and turned the pris-onara over to him, since which time they have been closely oanfiued. . From what in-formation I gained from the prisoners and others I learned that they &longed to a bend kuowu as Tah-kun-ni-oa-vets's band, who have been oornmittiug murders and depredations, more or lees, in Utah and Colorado during the past six or seven years. ' The late p~riuoipelc hief, Oumy, while living, had made several iuvestiga.tions a te murders and depredations committed, and fastened it upon them, hut, they have .a.., lw.a~v,.s manamd weil their eseme. General Maokoneie. after %hee vent of oanture of tbr t w o l'xll Ttrr, brut uttt rr<l;,l*l* c\ernl ri~tws.b 111 ul~l>uuntu rcvs. ft~r.h;rt han tlr;lt ;it.. rmc,x;~8it,st,i ndi~o:: lbal 111(.]. wvre VUIIULI.~n. -ilerlet0l 8tt of floe e<,uorry. la i1.r lnrt6;r purl elf >lay rllc I:,?, mtttluinriuurrr. 3Ivssrr. .I. I . I<nsbc.ll. Orrto Menrz, JIIU-c;T. A. >lrhl~rrisa,l l-ired nr Lun k'luua l&l l c . y lor rlla ptllporv ol loc;trlu~ al,ll wtant~v!~rglw 1u1It>m$I k l ~ , l g i t ,to~ *.lid i l ~ c t a ~ayz,l d ~ r r l t n g ~ . ~~t Y~ uY rI ~I hI ~v * r,,lot,lerc,<l. Il~ncI< !, i n :xc.contitrt~u~ i th lostruvrloro. I ncro~nl,;~n~rvlrlvlu , wilh a d~lc.. &tiA& of ohiefs oi s, journey to the Grand River and vioiinity, in which country it waa the inteut,ion of the department to locate the Uncompnhgre Utes, providedit was soitable. After arriviug there, and making dueeraminat,ionof t.hs land, itwas found to be ttnsatiafactory for this pnrpose. We then traveled tluongh t.he com~try from Grand River to the Uints Amnov. renlsiuad there a few dm.vs. ant1 then visited the ~ ~ r o u l l r r~i n vt',ini~? ,,i tllr 6wel;,'\Vh>r<.,a rad J)III,?IIP Itivbrj uI~PI..-u.l mn CUI . ~ - ~ ~E( nxa,,.tr,snon,i r war fi,notl lo ltr rlw only and thu ubur derintblr lursticbn ior ~ i t nU ig. b I Cpott rlru npl,rural l ~ yth e dcpiutaw!~to i rbns s r l ~ : r roi ~i l~n~~~i~t, ? ~ l rbr lu,buln.. dnc srcva wrre t.akt:u ro iufi,nu lire l o d ~ a nof~ t huir iuren. loca~iorn~lu l I , ~ , ~ ~1"~ w, .h, i clt CI,IIL of i hnm d011111med, d~dirit,: lhe) nligllt L#r Io(arr<ii u th? I.IICUIII- 1 ,~1 1~Vr.erl ler. klow Our:t\'n l(:.ach. 8t1,oh 111~C n ~ om~ * d l an~enl O~l u)tli>u11R i\.cra. r--D-elthough a t I% time oEerini any seribuiobjectio~o~rs r 6fu<ng to go. fier prepa.catiuna were oozumenced by the Ute commisnioners towards the erection of tempormy agenor building8 at new location upon Green River snd the time had for a r emo~a lt o oonlmenoe, in axeardance with iustruhons I called the r..".a ;a.na t,o-cet,~hrri n. con~noil~. A~t eust2 2. and instructed tbem as to t,heir duties under the inre ngreulknur be1ne61t icrm &'the 1.nirc.d Srate; rbar rheg hilo;,ld ~aaka prlpala~io~larr wl be ready ru atart "80 rhe joarncy to new *WK.T by cLe yjrlr: rliar I ~-~-, .,-il.+. dr u e to111e.mt l~rcarreeka'auu~lrufaulmi*reurelo etlnt~i!br h w w hile en rout?: that Lhe agency and certain pohlio proierty would be removed to the new agency on |
