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Show (010) Brigham Young to RG 75 J. H. Holeman Microcopy 234 Aug. 11, 1851 Rell 897 Indian Agent for Utah Sir-Your letter of this date pertaining to your appointment, instructions and operations as Indian Agent, is just received, and I proceed immediately to answer it. I should have been most happy to have received a letter of introduction from the Department in Washington, informing me in relation to the policy the Government wishes to have carried out in relation to the Indians in this Territory, as also its appointments in regard to councils, etc.; but not having recieved anything of the kind, and left to the exercise of my own judgement with respect to this matter; much unquestionably is, and should be left to the discretion of those councerned with the Indian Department, located at such a distance from the seat of Government, and amongst Tribes, where little or comparatively nothing is known concerning them. It therefore becomes the duty of those who being entrusted by the Government with the performace of those duties, to call into requisition their best judgment and intelligence which they possess, and use every exertion compatiable with lasting circumstances to facilitate communications of the Government, through its agents with the various tribes. Previous to your arrival, not having any information in relation to your movements and the sub-agents having arrived and reporting themselves ready for insturctions; they were assigned their locations with such information as I considered requisite for them, so far as locations, names of tribes, |