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Show I made them several presents which delighted them exceedingly, the Indians in this Territory are mostly very poor, game being excessively scarce they are from necessity, and to prevent starvation often impelled to steal cattle, Horses, Mules etc. for food. Some of the Tribes inhabiting this district are fine looking men and apparently quite intelligent Indians, others of them, viz.-the Snake Diggers or Cum-em-bahs, are small in stature, and filthy looking beings. They subsist mostly upon roots, Crickets, Insects, etc. are extremely poor and wild-- All these Tribes before mentioned acknowledge Walker as their Wan' Chief and Sou-ei-ette as their head Civil Chief, but the majority of the Tribes obey the Mandate or Council of their Civil Chief, Sou-ei-ette, including Walker-- They all expressed a willingness and desire to cultivate the soil, provided the Mormons would not drive them off from their lands-- In the latter part of September, I sent out to the Snake or Shoshone Nation, and invited Cut-nose one of the Chiefs, of that nation to come in and hold a Council or "talk" with me, promising to protect him. My object was to make peace between them and the Utah Tribes in my District, he:came in with others, and we held a "talk" of several hours, I gave him some small presents, he expressed himself much pleased to hear from their Great Father, |
