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failed being included in mine because the
accounts & vouchers were not sooner brought in
and hence not settled until recently; but
little has been effected in that part of the
Territory at the expense of the Government, although
much has been done by the Citizens
in aiding the Indians with tools, teams
and instructions in cultivating the earth.
The bands mentioned are parts of the Piede [Piute}
tribe of Indians, who are very numerous, but
only in part inhabit this Territory. These
Indians are more easily induced to labor than
any others in the Territory and many of them
are now engaged in the common pursuits of
civilized life. Their requirements are constant
for wagons, ploughs, spades, hoes teams and
harness &c, to enable them to work to advantage.

In like manner the Indians in
Cache Valley have received but little at the
expense of the Government although a sore
tax upon the people; West and along the
line of the California and Oregon
travel they continue to make their contributions
and I am sorry to add with considerable
loss of life to the travellers. This
is what I have always sought by all means
in my power to avert, but I find it the
most difficult of any portion to control I
have for many years succeeded better than