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Show (080) Garland Hurt to RG 75 Comm. Ind. Affairs Microcopy 234 Feb. 23, 1855 Reel 897 G. S. L. City, U.T. Febr. 23, 1855 Sir, I take the'liberty to address you in regard to the conditions of this agency, and of the course which I have felt myself compeled to adopt in discharging the duties of this office, when I reached this place on the 5tn inst. I learned that the Indians in the south, (the Utahs and Pah-vants) were in a very unsettled, and dubious state of felling towards the whites, partly on account of the death of Walker, their chief, but more particularly in consequence of the inquisition which Col Steptoe had made upon them for the members of the Liut. Gunnison and party. Hearing that hostilities might actually sneak out, I deemed'it necessary to make a visit among them immediately, But when I called upon the Government to furnish me with an outfit and funds to defray the expenses of the tirp, he informed me that there was nothing in his hands to defray the expenses of the agency, although he was anxious that I should make the visit. I therefore felt myself forced to negotiate a loan upon the credit of the department of Indian Affairs at Washington, and in view of |
