EXPLORATIONS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN OF UTAH. 



[idly. By amalgamation we elevate them at the expense of the degradation of 



lly. By coercion they are made subservient to the intellect of the superior 

 made to hear the burden of their own subsistence, by controlling and directing 

 deal energies into the channels of usefulness. There is a misguided philan- 

 liclt seems to be constantly directing our energies to the accomplishment of 

 he nature of things is utterly impossible, and which it is the province of 



e errors are exemplified in the attempt of our Government, at the expense 

 B of treasure, to improve the moral and social condition of the aborigines of 

 y, who continue to sink lower in degradation and want, and are annually 

 lg in numbers. While a small African colony, in the Southern States of the 

 i-.y, under what some are pleased to style tyranny and oppression, have swelled 

 rtul nation, infinitely more happy than the Indians or than themselves could 

 t the controlling influeiu e of the sin 



penor race. 



ire infinitely more happy and prosperous than it were 

 he controlling influence of the superior race ; while 

 nishing they contribute to swell the sources of the 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

 Capt. J. H. Simpson, U. S. A. 



Washington, D. C, May 5, 1860. 



Dear Sir : Your very valuable letter, in relation to the Indians in Utah Territory, 

 I have just received and read with a great deal of interest. It will constitute an 

 important portion of my forthcoming report. I agree with you in all you say, except 

 as to the original disparity of the races, and the impossibility of their restoration to 

 the same level of physical, mental, moral, and religious condition. The same God 

 who lias for wise purposes permitted the degradation of some portions of the human 

 family, can also by His Spirit so breathe upon mankind as to cause them, through the 

 purchased redemption of His only beloved Son, to see each other eye to eye, and to 

 delight themselves in the common blessings of one united family. This view is per- 

 fectly consistent to my mind with the coercion, for a time, of the inferior races to labor, 

 of which you speak, and which I believe is one of the divinely appointed means to 

 that end.* 



Very respectfully, yours, 



J. H. Simpson, 



_ tt Captain Topographical Engineers. 



Dr. Garland Hurt. 



b Sandwich Islands, i 



