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Show (012) H.R. Day to RG 75 Comm. Ind. Aff. Microcopy 234 Jan. 2, 1852 Reel 897 Hon. Luke Lea. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Sir, I have the honour to report that agreeably to instructions from your Department I proceeded to the Territory of Utah and after a tedious trip arrived at the City of the Great Salt Lake on the 19th of July-- On the 21st I officially reported myself to his Excellency Brigham Young Governor and Ex Officio Superintendent of Indian Affairs for "Instructions Location etc." as instructed by your Department-- After the lapse of a few days I received a note from the Governor locating me in the 1st or Parvand District. With verbal instructions to remain in the City of Great Salt Lake until spring before I permanently established my Agency. The tribes or Bands in my Agency are composed of the Snake Diggers or Cum-em-bahs which are the Desert Indians, inhabiting west of the Tooele, Juab, and Sevier Vallies. There is a tribe known as the Goship and Man-Ship Bands, |