WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City,
April 9, 1879.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit for your information copy of a communication from Mr. N. C. Meeker, Indian Agent at White River Agency, stating that a large part of White River Utes are about to start north, probably for the scene of Indian troubles, and requesting that all White River Utes be held or sent back to the reserve if found going north.
General Sherman, in…