the other tribes mentioned state their people now regret they had been so deceived and deluded as to go to war with the . whites the past year. They tender the most earnest assur ances that such will never be the case again. All of these chiefs assert there will be no difficulty for the future as regards the whites traveling through their country, or in the occupation of it.
They request the Government to secure a reservation to their people, upon which they desire to live and be protected. Kamiakin, the noted chief of the Yakimas, came in with these chiefs as far as Fort Walla Walla, with the intention of surrendering himself to my custody, but in consequence of an officious interference with these Indians on the part of Mr. T-, agent for the Flatheads, Kamiakin became alarmed, and returned to his people. No censure is to be attached to Kamiakin for this act, and I have caused him to be notified that I am satisfied with his present peaceful intentions. * * * *
I have also the honor to inclose a copy of Father De Smet's report as to the Indian tribes he has visited the past winter, which shows that peace exists among themselves as well as with the whites; and from my own observation I am convinced that with proper care, another Indian war of any magnitude cannot soon occur in this department.
It gives me pleasure to commend to the general-in-chief the able and efficient services the Reverend Father De Smet has rendered.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,
W. S. HARNEY, Brigadier-General Commanding.
Assistant Adjutant-General,
Headquarters o f the Army, N. Y. City.