Show communication orfice air surly OF or INDIAN G S L CITY jan 14 1861 EDITOR DESERET NEWS SIR please insert the accompanying communication in the next number of your paper and much oblige yours respectfully beniamin BENJAMIN DAVIES r supt bupt indian affairs of utah territory GREAT SALT LAKE CITY DEC ay 29 iseo 0 5 EDITOR OF THE mountaineer SIR in your paper caper of date november 1860 1800 you published an editorial article containing contain what hat bat purports to be a correct account of t the N e coonc I 1 held by myself as superintendent of indian affairs for utah territory with the bani band of indians indiana known aa as weber utes of which littie little ittle ittie soldier is the chief arid and amon among other things equally therein stated state that I 1 had then and there made constituted and a appointed tri tzi anted little soldier the head chief of alip all ali the tribes of utah judging by the tone and temper of your article I 1 presumed you felt a little funny was at a loss for so something methin startling to furnish your patrons and had d drawn rawn upon your fancy to give them an entertainment at my expense I 1 supposed you designed it for a joke johe j oke ohe and joined in the lauh too creat edby it since aiice my return from my recent visit to the indians of western utah which seems to have furnished to you and to some of your correspondents pon dents much concern concerti my attention has ton Eon been een called to another editorial in in your paper of the dinst in which the sa same me idea is repeated in the following language the first step in the discharge of tre the new superintend ten dents official duties was to select a petty chief chiet of a small band and institute him a tyrant overall over all ail the red men of the hills to the future effects we must look took we have seen some of the results of the treaty of the big captain with little soldier what will be cibe ribe the final results A general war with the tribes on our northern and eastern frontiers it can scarcely be avoided the gravity with which you treat the subject in this latter article I 1 inclines me to stir 1 mise that I 1 had mistaken the motive which dictated your former demonstration and I 1 am now constrained to suspect that some evil de signing person has maliciously misled or that some wag has mischievously hoaxed you believe me sir that the marchi marchl marching n and countermarching counter marching of marshaled hosts an and d the horrid yells of savages eng engaged in deadly strife among the mountains and beautiful I 1 valleys of utah as a result of any act of mine past present or future is a bold hold chimera the ghosts and goblins ob lizis that haunt your imagination are rihn plin phantoms toms calm cairn your fears good sir quiet alo your agitated stated nerves there is no reality in the story that I 1 have instituted the utah chief little soldier the head chier chief of I 1 all the red men of the hills of atall or that lave made a treaty with him not one word of truth in it sir I 1 found him when I 1 came here in november last the chief of his band who inhabit the valley of the greal grea salt lake ile he had been so regarded and represented by governor Brig brigham harn hain young in his written reports to the indian office at washington toll ma many ny years before a and na I 1 bel bei believe belleve eve lie he is still so considered by the people of this valley I 1 simply followed in the foot tees teeg of my predel predecessors essers ani and I 1 recognized him li lix that thic capacity papavit I 1 lt T in my council held with him bir arkis arvis liand band at the warm warin spring near this city I 1 ber last which forms the basis of your jere imi meads ails alls I 1 distributed presents among them and i enjoined upon him as their chief the obligation to preserve order discipline virtue sobriety and honesty among his people 1 1 conferred no nw powers or degrees upon little soldier theny then nor have I 1 done so at any other time I 1 left him in rank as I 1 found him the chief of his own little band of or weber 1 utes dry up your tears good general for I 1 I 1 am told you are a military man mail and having served somewhat in that capacity myself aforetime I 1 do ao not like to see a soldier scared seared at shadows if little soldier will carry out the instructions I 1 then gave him and prevent his bis band I 1 from stealing stock and a lid iid annoying the inhabitants of this valley and especially of this c city by begging drunkenness and other vices I 1 t think ink my interview with him will prod produce lice ilce much muc it better results than all the blood and thunder articles you have written on this sub eject lect elect be calm general be calm doff your cravat and chapeau lay down your broadsword unstrap your jingling spurs recline u upon pon your downy couch a moment and give rest to your wearied frame there is no danger ahead or behind us Gei gel general leral it is all a farce and I 1 grieve to fear that you are badly hoaxed dont donl get out of humor general keep your eye closer on the in future and better luck flere Fiere hereafter after the disinterested interested dB solicitude you so constantly express in the columns of the mountaineer for the welfare elfare iv of the people of this valley leads me to hope for your efficient aid hind kind general in my humble efforts to preserve p ese ve peace and harmony among the indian tri trl S and to make inake them if possible sober honest and friendly to the white man do not disappoint me in my expectations general instead of following ignis fa nis faaui falu i through the hazy mists of prejudice and bigotry y into factious opposition come to my assistance 1 and all good men will bid us god speed in our united struggle to rescue the savage from his wildness an and d advance him to civilization and christianity benjanin BENJAMIN DAVIES supt bupt ind Af faira for utah territory |