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Show They had a fair and impartial trial before the U.S. District Court of the District where the deed was committed, Hon. Leonidas Shaver presiding Judge, were sentenced to be hung, and were executed accordingly. In addition to killing those two men, a few of the small bands of Utahs at Provo, and Nephi are at times very ugly in their conduct and conversation frequently taking garden vegetables, wheat & not only without leave, or compensation of any kind, but insolently in the presence of the owners, occasionally shooting cattle, and often threatening. This course on their part makes it very difficult to restrain the feelings of natural to American citizens and induce them to realize the ignorance and degradation of the red men, and preserve peaceful relations; and how suddenly gross aggravation on the one hand, and a hasty retaliation on the other, may result in bloodshed and rapine is not always foreseen. It is obvious that means are necessary, and that too in at least a j_ust proportion, to enable me to carry out the Pacific designs of the government towards its red children, and it would seem reasonable that the accounts of this Superintendency be audited and paid promptly, and with all that liberality towards any unknown or accidental & immaterial informality which can be consistent with Justice and well established usage. Last week a small party of Shoshones fell upon some Utahs |