“Cum-min-tails, or Weber Utes…the Utah element largely predominates in their language”

Copied from F.H. Head, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, to N.G. Taylor, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated Salt Lake City, Sept. 16, 1868.

Tribes speaking dialects containing both Utah, Shoshone, and Bannock words :

         1.         Cum-min-tails, or Weber Utes. This tribe is formed from numbers of different Utah and Shoshone bands, the Utah element largely predominating in their language, and numbers about 650.

            2.         Goship, or Gosha Utes. This tribe is similarly formed to that last named, the Shoshone element, however, largely predominating. There are also numerous Bannock words in their language, and many Goships marry Bannock squaws. They number about    1,100.

A collection of documents, excerpts, and photographs relevant to the so-called Weber Ute people of Northern Utah. Not a complete history — research aid only.