........$275.00
Two cows $30 each, for labor $80...........................140.00
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$415.00
P. K. Smith, Cedar City, Iron County:
For two yoke cattle $100 each, and Mo. 2 Weekses Band.....$200.00
One cow $35, do one wagon $80, total.......................115.00
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Total.....................................................$315.00
Jacob Hamblin's account for the benefit of Talse Gobbeth Band,
Santa Clara, Washington Co. (ss.): Two yoke of cattle,
$100 each, do one wagon, two chains, $100, total..........$300.00
Two cows $35 each, total....................................70.00
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Total.....................................................$370.00
Henry Barney's account for the benefit of Tennquiches Band,
Harmony (ss.): For two yoke cattle $100...................$200.00
Do one wagon $100, do one plow $40, total..................140.00
Do four cows at $35 each, total............................140.00
For labor in helping to secure crops, etc...................40.00
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Total.....................................................$520.00
For my services the last six months, and for provisions,
clothing, etc........... $600.00
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Sum total...............................................$2,220.00

From the above report you will see that the wants of the natives
have increased with their experience and practice in the art of
agriculture. With sentiments of high consideration.

I am your humble servant,

John Doyle Lee, Gov. B. Young. Farmer to Pah Utes Indians.

Having signed, I forwarded that letter, and thought I had managed
the affair nicely. I put in this expense account of two thousand
two hundred and twenty dollars just to show off, and help Brigham
to something from the Government. It was the way his Indian
farmers all did. I never gave the Indians one of the articles
named in the letter. No one of the men mentioned had furnished
anything to the Indians, but I did it this way for safety.
Brigham never spent a dollar on the Indians while he was Indian
Agent. The only money he ever spent on the Indians was when we
were at w