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San Diego Nov 5th/58

Col TJ Henley
Supt Ind Affs

Sir
On my arrival at this place,
from making a general visit to the Indians under my
charge, I found your of Sept 23d in closing vouchers for my
pay to Oct 1st/58 which I herewith return. I also in close
a communication from San Bernardino. The company that
bought the Ranch from the mormons sold the valley of
Yuciapa to I. W. Waters. The mormons allowed the Indians
to settle at that place after they bought the Ranch, and Mr
Waters supposed he would have no difficulty in removing
them, he has laid out pretty much all he is worth on the land.
The Indians are now occupying all the valuable part of it.
Yuciapa is 12 miles from San Bernardino, and I found every
day while I was there Indians drunk in the streets. I was
informd by the officers that I was impossible to convict a man
in that place on Indian testimony, that they had made several
attempts and failed in every instance Cabason the 2d Chief
of the Coahuilla Indians informd me that there was sufficient
country east of the mountains to support the entire tribe.
Juan Sutonia was made 1st Chief of the tribe by the Americans
but Cabason is the man with the Indians I made an