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description: Excerpt from Report of Special Commissioners J. W. Powell and F. W. On the Condition of the Ute Indians of Utah; The Pai-Utes of Utah Northern Arizona Southern Nevada and Southeastern California; The Go-Si Utes of Utah and Nevada; The Northwestern Shoshones of Idaho and Utah; And the Western Shoshones of Nevada; And ReThe commission was delayed a number of days by snows that blockaded the railroads over the mountains but arrived in Salt Lake City early in May.At that time there was much excitement in the country consequent on the disastrous conict with the Modocs.The commission found that the feelings of the white people inhabiting the territory under consideration were wrought to a high state of resentment which frequently found vent in indignities on the Indians while the latter were terrified and many of them had ed to the mountains for refuge.Immediately on our arrival at the city delegations from various parts of the country met us representing that the Indians of their several neighborhoods were preparing to commence a war of extermination against the whites; and several petitions from the citizens of different places to the military authorities of that department the governor of Utah and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs representing that the people were in immediate peril and calling for military protection were referred to the Commission.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
language: English
title: Report of Special Commissioners J. W. Powell and F. W. Ingalls: On the Condition of the Ute Indians of Utah; The Pai-Utes of Utah, Northern Arizona, ... of Utah and Nevada; The Northwestern Shoshone
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