Show TIIE REBELLION BELLION nE INDIAN hostilities your ai meeting acting affords me an opportunity of con granulating you as american citizens upon the successful efforts of the general government te ta wards cil quelling lelling an unhallowed rebellion which has for nearly three years dova staTa so 14 nuga ige IN apor por tion of our common country and upon the well founded hope inspired by the lecent past that peace will soon dawn upon a united and prosperous land As legislators of this territory and the alio representatives senta tives of a people happily far removed hom the scenes of civil strife it affords me gica gaoat pleasure to be able to announce to you the termination of hostilities and depredations by the indians and the conclusion of treaties of peace with all tile the bands occupying tho territory and the sou sovi thein part of idaho idabo for these blessings under tile tho 9 guidance ili danco of a benign vi ale aie indebted t to the loyalty of the people and the valor of our bravo brave hoops at the east and alli to tile the energy and courage n c of tho the california in our midst Coni committing to our brethren on the other side ot of tile mountains with our fullest sympathy and heartiest pray cis the honored and ciciole task of crushing out the rebellion wo we may safely lely icly on oil the con continuance Nuance of peace within our bordens bor deis so long as is the presence of soldiers hero here sit fill ill le 10 atrain the 8 savage from the commission of those anti ages for which he has been so severely punished in accordance with custom it ls is deemed 1 pi 1 oper to dinv inv invite ho your attention to those touching 0 the vencial gen ancial cn cial welfare which aro are likely to demand your and ana to sug rug gest such is seem to bo be required by the wants and interests of the people |