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Show 2 Mr, McfAndrews is thouroughly acquainted with all {These alnds. knows them by name, and is a acquainted with their places of residence, their habitsK where tZhey hunt and when, I therefore i put implicit reliance on what he reports in regard to them; d if at any time they are off the reserve , and he ordcis them to return they ao it :A Consulting the Maps, in connection with the enclosed, clipping* from the"Salt Lake Tribune" I find that the location where these depredations are said to be committed, is about 150 mils from Ouray , south of thehrand River, in Mescho, this is out of trie range where these Inds, are ever known to go, and I have no reason to believe that they belong (the renegades) to either of these,reservations. There are Hon.Reservation Inds. in all that locality, who, may have been tfie perpetrators, there is no Ind. on either of these reservations who goes by the name of "Jack";but I recognize how easy it is to get the name of an Ind. wrong; if the office desire j will send a man doit/n into that county to look up the matter further, I feel like thouroughly clearing up these matters of complaint for I recognize in most of them an undertone of unrest, if not "malice" toward these Iizds. and their management, that makes seriously against there advancement, and keeps them especially embittered against Col. and Grand, Junction; They make frequent Talks, and, are as seems9 anxious to be on terms of fri •^drArX-n a t-u .,77 • 7 |