Show the mormons cormons and the Nava Wava joes I 1 fort forc defrange DEFIANCE A T NAVAJO INDIAN AGENCY january 1874 information has reached agent arny to the effect that the nava oes oes and the mormons cormons Mor mons wf who live chis war nar r the north western boundary at this reservation are at war from some cause yet unknown to the agent it is certain however that the mormons cormons have killed three or four Nava joes and that the indians have retaliated hy by killing as many of the mormons cormons Mor mons all of which I 1 fear is but the inauguration p of trot troublous lous ious times in the future the agent is also in receipt of news relative to other depredations and bad had faith of these in indians di it is reported that these indians in in conjunction with the pall pah utes have hav been beon killing and otherwise molesting parties of miners and prospectors passing through their country en route for the dolores and san juan mines have killed at least one of their party wounded another and had bad succeeded in running off their pack and riding animals it has also been reported to the agent thau that the utes have made overtures to in with them the utes and make a general war upon the miners and settlers in and coming to their country and it is believed beagent by agent arny that manuelito one of the principal ht head head ad men of tho the tribe the N nava ava joes asvery is very much inclined to u unite nite with them the utes in their hostile intentions and it if such should be the case we ve may look for lively times in the coming spring and summer in a council held by agent arny on yesterday with a majority of the head captains the news was corroborated by them in regard to the utes having made such overtures to manuelito and that he manuelito had broached the tile subject to some of them but they had positively refused to go to war or have anything to do with the utes or their supposed grievances with the miners or settlers in their country and they very earnestly urged agent arny to |