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office, that I will sustain his authority and will ask the people of San Diego not to interfere with him in the execution of Indian laws so long as it is done in moderation and Justice.

Buy for Manuel a comfortable suit of winter clothes and present them to him for me.

Very Respectfully Yours Thos J. Hurley Supt Ind Affs

Copy San Bernardino Nov 25th/58

Col Henley Supt Ind Affs

Sir There are about one hundred Indians on my land who have come here since the land has been occupied by the Americans who purchased of Lugas and others. The Indians as they now live are depriving me of the use of my property and they know no place to go to unless they are directed by some who has the authority to locate them a home. If some one having the right to would point them out a place where they would be secured the right of possession, where they could plant and live unmolested they would be perfectly willing to go to it.

They are perfectly peaceable and seem to desire to remain on friendly terms with the whites, but if no provisions are made for them I shall be under the necessity of moving them off my premises as my land is scarcely sufficient to answer my own purposes. For the peace and quiet of the Indians and for the benefit of both whites and Indians, I would be very glad to have you direct the Subagent or some person authorised to point out a place for them which could be done very readily for there are many places in this county where they could be located on Gov land as good for them as the land of mine which they now occupy. My land is situated about twelve miles from the city of San Bernardino.

J. W. Waters

Copy San Bernardino Sept 30th/58

Col Kendrick

Since you left this place we have learned that the Indians in Yucaipa will remove from that place to some valley east of that which they have in view for their permanent home if they can get as much as four or five hundred dollars for their improvements in Yucaipa.

If the Superintendent would appropriate four or five hundred dollars for these Indians they might be moved peaceably and to the great benefit of the Indians and the whites. While the Indians remain in Yucaipa so short a distance from San Bernardino they will be continually drunk and making mischief among the whites. Of this you are doubtless aware already from what you have seen in the streets of this place heretofore.

There are from one to one hundred and fifty Indians Yucaipa and more than half this number may be seen every day in drunkeness or tramping to and from San Bernardino the certain pool of this intoxication, and when we look at their condition we can but see that to locate them more remote from this place would be of no small benefit to them, besides it would be taking from our midst an intolerable nuisance.

Out of the amount of money appropriated

appropriated for the Indians in California, it would be very hard if they can not be the consumers of so small a sum as four hundred dollars when the benefit is to be very great to both Indians and the whites. We will hope that you will represent this to your superior and induce him at once to make the appropriation necessary to enable you to remove them. They will readily move if you but come with this demand.

We remain yours most obt

Signed

Bethel Cooperwood James W. Waters Wm A Come G. S. Tuckin R. G. Allen A. H. Clark James W. Wilson

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[left margin] Copy of Petition for the removal of the San Bernardino Indians

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San Timatio Nov 7th 1858

Hon J J Kindrick

Sir I have been induced from several considerations to address you a few lines relative to the affairs of the Indians and their allies here and in the City of San Bernardino and Juan Antonia the Chief. Soon after you left here became very sulkey and insolent and Swore that he would not hear to your council as agent and have nothing to do with you, or those whom you know or might appoint to aid you, whom absent yourself, Mr D. G. Weaver and other persons friends of yours and theirs whom any thing went rong [wrong] would attempt to counsil, and give them good advice such as you would have given in person or approved had you been present, but what has been their conduct, when good advice were given, they became Saucy and insolent, and when good council were given, they call them the dogs and tools of the people and used insulting and approbious epithets, it was under this excited and general hostile state of feeling that Juan Antonia the chief threw off the mask of his long smuthered [smothered] and concaled [concealed] feelings and showed his real true character, whom then and there he renounced all legiance to your authority, as Indian agent, and swore that he would not meet you, or be counciled by you, and I understand that he did meet you according to agreement but went to Cabason Valley and there sowed and Barley. I also understand that a number of the Indians have been East of here putting in grain &c. Juan Antonia has returned to attend a feast now in progress here. Many