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was one of unusual severity. Game upon
which they subsisted in former years, is fast
disappearing with the encrouchments of civiliza=
=tion, and although the General Land Office
has withheld from sale a reservation for these
Indians, much of the best portion of it
has been settled by whites, and the Indians
driven off.

I laid off a reservation of about
six townships, bounded by the Big Pine
Creek on the north, George's Creek on the
south, Owens River on the East, and the
Sierra on the West. - the amount of land
will seem large for the number of Indians,
(about 2000), but it must be remembered,
that it is only in small spots that it is
susceptible of cultivation, the balance being
scarcely fit for grazing purposes, and
none of it attractive to settlers - placed
on a Reservation where the agents' author=
=ity is respected by the emigrants, and
where they know they are secure from inter=
=ference, and are treated with kindness, exp=
=erience has demonstrated, there is no dif=