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Show seen white men, they are mostly to be found bordering upon the Deserts, and are called Diggers. I am happy in informing you that the Indians on the Humboldt, or Mary's River, are more peacefully inclined than heretofore; they have not committed any depredations of importance upon travelers this season so far as has come to my knowledge. Although, I heard, during my recent trip North, that two or three Indians have been inhumanely killed by California Emigrants, but I hope that it may not result disasterously to succeeding traveling. The Pah-vante Indians, who inhabit Millards County, are much inclined to go to work, owing principally to the influence of their young chief-Ken-osha, who has long sought to bring about this result. Ken-osha is quite young, and many of the Old warriors of his tribe do not like the idea of labor, hence, ha-meets with more or less difficulty, in his landable endeavors of introducing such to them; an extreme innovation. He has some Stock, over which he exercises great care, and begins to realize the benefit accruing therefrom. Arrow-pin, the newly elected chief of the roving band of the Utahs, is also, more or less, engaged in raising Stock, but careless about Agriculture, as his Stock can travel with him in his meanderings; nevertheless, he is extremely gratified, as was also his brother, late Chief Capt. Walker, in having grain-sown, cultivated, and harvested by the inhabitznts for them which has been done every Season in most |
