The New York herald., 1851-11-18
Indian A fairs.

TREATIES WITH THE TRIBEs-IHE RESERVATION.
The 14ha C0titorni2 publishes the following let
ter from he Indian agent, relative TO the Indian
fl ,irs Of the State -;
Having terminated my labors for the season, in
the SPECIAL capacity Of United States Comms-
siener, Tor the purpose OF regulating treaties
Win the various tribes OF Indiana living within
tie district assigned me- commencing south, az the
Sau Joaquin River, and terminating mort h on the
bead waters Of the Sacramento, EN- bracing scope
oi country extending from the eastern side of the
coast rarge 70 the eastern line OF the State boEu-
cary deem il a duty | owe, no. OILY TO the State
of which am citizen, but to myself also, TO lay
before the people the result Of those labors, and,
at the same time, endeavor to remove those ion
Iress oIs which have gone forth in la lion to nv
acts, produced, as an compelled to believe, by q
pery.rson Of facts, in order t: suss.rve polit ,a
ends.
When acting in conjunction with my associates
(Co'. Harbour ana X. Mckee, Esq }, IN the early
part of the seasen. two treaties elected With
Indians on the san Joaquin, the particulars of
which have already been placed before the public,
through the columns Of your Journal. an pleased
10 learn that the Indians VINO were then hostile,
causing sEch expense to the state, and su:n heavy
loses to her citizens, are now sdhering to their
treaty stpulations.
My ndiyiGual labors commenced in the early
part Of May last, when / concluded a treaty with
the Indians living on the Stsuislaus, embr icing
those on the Cslaveras and Mokelumne rivers,
assigning them, for their future homes, the land
contiguous to the foot hills, between the Stanis-
laus and the Tuoluu ne, containing about eight by
twelve miles square. This reservation, / regret to
say, does not contain sufficient tillable s)ii to sup
port them ; indeed, they CON planned at the time,
and urged that as serious objection to the stipu-
lation. In this reservation gold has yet been
found, save the fine particles washed down by the
streams. IL is well known ts be found higher uo,
in the bills, the former abode Of these identical
tribes, who pnocently questioned me as TO their
old ZONES being returLed to them after the white
man had taken out ali the gold"
next proceeded into III Dorado county, where
the State troops had been ged for time in
prosecuting a fiuitless war with those Indians. |
tay fruiile,s, as the Indians remained un,ubdued,
but lot Though want Of energy or courage on the
part Of cur citizens in conducting the war They
did all that men could do, and yet suffered in.
glorious defeat; not by Indians, however, but
owiDg TO the rugged face Of The country over which
they Dad to rass IN pursuit of their object-the red
tkin Of the forest | Likewise met with a signal
defeat in my pacific measures for the time beng
After despatchirg my paci6cstor to work among
ih.m, Ift, with promise to be with them again
II three moons.
My next move was towards the Yuba and Bear
nvers, where i contaminated a treaty with those
Indians, alloitirg 10 them a reservation of about
twelve miles square, including the military post at
camp far west In this reservation there Is n
ptrtien Of ore, ard two other small valleys, th a. is
good tllsble s5il; the balance poor and broken,
although well calculated for an Indian country, and
probably would not have been occupied BY the
whites were it net adjacent to ri h and populoas
mining country. There are some improvements
mace In tbest valleys, ard there's claim or grant,
Tor;ion Of which is within the boundaries all of
which should have avoided where IL possible 10
DO so in justice to both parties (,he whites and In
diars) could not do otherwise ! have treated
with bands Of indians, portion OF whom had been
Of this state. Tt,y we're patiently awaiting tho
fuifimen, Of these treaty stpulatons, and in the
meantime acting in conformity with them, by re- |
framing from oil sggressions and hostiiies They
were jealous Ct their rights, and contendei for their
cid houes, ard believe. had refused this res-
sObnble request, they would have aed to the noun
tsins, and commenced war upon the whites; rs il
-, tley are pledged TO peace, and to bring Ia the
mountain tribes TO the Observance Of the same.
trcm ttis point ] proceeded to Chico creek, |
rhre ! established another reservation, lying
near tie foot hills, north Of Feather river twenty
n lies lorg by elk miles wide. The lands here are
very poor with the exception Of n portion Of one /
valley, and two small ones, neither OF which would
be an indscemont for the white man to squat in, |
unltts with n view TO prevent the Indians from |
livirg there. In this reservation, no gold has as
yet teen found, except la the washing Of the |
stream.
My rext halt was at Major Readpg's, where |
bad the ususl difficulties to contend with, owing to
the great dntrust with which the Indian regards |
tie white man. After much delay, however, | |
succeeded in negotiating treaty with them, allow
ing them about twenty five miles square, EN- bracing
81 cient for the numerous tribes living within the
hour dsries, as well as those on tne adjacent
Nevada, Shssta, ard Coast ranges. There src no
in this iescrystion, and, up to this
me nV Boio has Deen Iouhh Wl,oin II. limits
ION tais point ! sent up among no troublesome
lsdaus cD the North Pitt, or Clarke Fork, and
was fortunate IN capturing few Of them. With
whom expected To comm lLicste With The balarcc,
and was necesitsted to take then down 10 MasIr
in order TO procure an interpreter TO
4 great ditappo ntmont, they escaped before an
Interpreter could be obtained, thus destroying all
my ssrguinc hopes of citcting peace with them
CT Tie tine being. ! view this a great mis-.
IOitube, smbhioUs es was oi success here. and
had, through great pstitfc &C and personal cxertoo,
10 far sutc,t Dc that looked TO tie fnal accom-.
plhln With y degree e certainty feel II zoe
nUc, az II wa iTpmocinble a. the t'Uc. 1hs
aims edmorisl 60 mo to ave tbose bigh ittilldos
most of ny c-ccrt and party afro sicl--mv ~.
egeueIis hti'a wlfe pIe.-ink k-aLd. % Juld 70
iuoig b. N in pediattly ! could uOt ,vror' tse
On suco 50, conGeqI,uly J ef tb,m 81 | f1und
isu- troublesome heightcrs II the whites and I