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Show 2 to be at war with the whites-that they wished peace, and had kept from the road, to be out of the way-that they could see them passing every day, but had not interrupted them in any manner, and that they would not, if the whites would let them alone." The candour (sic) with which they talked, and the seeming justice of their course, induced me to put much confidence in their professions of friendship. That they have been treated badly, there is no doubt-these whites, who loof about the country, pretending to trade with the emigrants, are principally men of wreckless character, and care but little what they do-they even talked of driving me from the country, because I had manifested a disposition to protect and befriend the Indians. These Indians seem to be very poor-but few of them have guns - they use principally the bow and arrow. Two of the chiefs, and six warriors returned with me to my camp- I gave them some provisions, and a few presents, and sent the other two chifs, (sic) also, a present. They were much pleased, and promised me that none of their men should disturb the whites in the future. If the whites would pursue a friendly course towards these Indians, and treat them kindly, I do not think there would be any trouble with them. I travelled down Carson River, to the desert, by slow marches, expecting to be able to find the whereabouts of another village; but they had moved off, and I could not learn where. I crossed the desert, on the 29th inst. and arrived in this city on the 22nd inst. I travelled up the Humbolt, slowly, with the hope of meeting the Indians and their friends, who I had talked with on my trip out. In this hope, I was to some extent, disappointed. The vast number of emigrants on the road, and the disposition of some, to kill the Indians, had kept the Indians from the road. I occasionally laid by-sent out my inter- |