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Show RNPORT OF AGENT IN UTAH. A6RICULTURE. TheseIndiama are hunters bv inheritance and instinct. roamers and wanderers. whhout any tired habitation ol'ahodc, and as arguruoLt &d grrn!msion arc the ouly meana nt haud to ind12ce them In alrrr thir primitive mode of hfr, to rxrhsugz I heir rilles and n16rulrl for ui.riculturit! iwtolenirnta. and sutt!" d o ~ tuo earn a euh*intclirn ont of mother earth, txe prospect ishot good for their becoming successful farmers m thenear future. ' - - - - There are now forty-two families engaged in cultivating farmrms, and the present season, owing mainly to the indefatigable efforts of the agency farmer, who Isbored faithfully withthem durins the spring months, they worked to bet.ter purpose than ever before, and the result is a gratifying increase in the produce raised. Thus it can be said that these fortg-two families, located on the Du Chesne River, in the vicinity of the agency, representing about 200 Indianemen, women, and children-out of s, populstlon of about 9UO sorls, have made some advance towards labaring in civilized pursuits, though their morsls, habits, and general tone have not impror,od; while the peat majority of the tribe, the XOaIleZH and tho wanderers, have remained at a standstill. if not retroeraded. inasmuch as their mamine habits have rather In-oreased than otherwise. - - However, it must be said the inducements to take tofarmiugarenot very inviting. A ereat deal of the soil is alksline and aamdv. and it is doubtful at nressnt if all the triT.e (.an liud enbl~gbo raLls land in the re&rvariun to auhaiat up& .! Irrigation is r l rr~nle 4l.r and mr~nt.,yshauldr~obte spareal to eRect ir. Mom it,o!iculruml i~uple-mrula ellollid ha i ~ ~ ~els1~wt~li3.1 1rU IOKSan d -~ ruhl , i-l l ~.hoe~.ntsnrdo addirio~.ali arlo- era employed six montlis i& the ye&. SCHOOLS. There is no school here. In the spring of 1885 a small building was erected, e teacher engaged, and a day school started. It proved s, dire failure, and waa closed after a stormy career of two months. As it in now the aooepted theory that the only war to solve the Indian problem is to first educate the Indian, and the imperative necesiity for educational facilities here must he so appasent to sou, it is uselesa to expatiate thereon. Buildings for a board-ing and industrial sohool should be erected at ones, and a system of compulsory edu-cation inaugurated. That the Indians will deolins to slaw t,heir children to attend school, and will bitterly oppose such a scheme in every shape, way, aud form, is cer-tain; but their wishes in this respect should not he consulted. The power ahould be here to force them to +e up their barbarous practices, superstitions, and narrow prejudices, and walk in the paths, laid ant for thew. I t i s food fo~.thought o note the number of handsome, bright-eyed children here, typical little savages, srrwed in blankets leggins, m d gee-strings, their faces hideo~~splya inted, growing n$ in all the barbbrism of their parents. A few years more and they will be men and women, perhaps beyond redemption, for, under the most fsvoritble oironmstauces, bot little om he hoped from them after grown and matured, wedded and steeped in thevices of their fathers. It is rather the little children that must he taken in hand snd celrcQ for and nurtured, for from them must he realized the dream, if ever realized, of the philanthropist andof all gcadpeople,of that day to come when the Indian, arefined, ooltnred, rdnoated being, will assume the title of an American citiuer;, with all the rights, privileges, nud aspirations of that favored individual. ISDIASS LIYLXG IN COLORADO. Thefoct of many Indians living in Garfield andRoutt Counties, Colorado, begond the reservation lines, and of the decided opposition of tbewhite settlersin that section to their presence, has been brought to the notice of the Indian Office st various times. This section is being gradually oooopied by a, go.ahehead, energetic class of settlers, who do not believe an Indian haa any business outside hi8 reserration, whilst tho In-dian on the other hand, believes he has the right to roam wherever his fane)- may lesd)bim. . Thus when the two meet, the ubiquitous whiteman sends forth hilr ever-relentless cry, "Move on! mova on!" whilst the unfortunateaborigine, being of su-perior numbera and not disinclined for a little war uf words, sullenlysays, "I won't," and then hies him baok to the agency with a blood-durdling tala of the white nllm'a rspaoity, and what may be expeetedaaon if the domssidwhite men doee n3t birnself move on. In May last odvioes were reaeived that a specis1 agent had been ordered to iuves-tigat6 the matter, and report what was best to be done for the welfare of the In-dlsns. It is to be aincerelv booed the investination wlll brine forth coorl reaults. though nothing has tranzprrcd ;n rhn n # e s n t im~ two nrrnnt sur c a htqr;: 'l'i81r loat: ter ia n o s one of the inqmrtnnr ~ Y R U C S tOll~a l Wclipc of couotny, i ) u d , ~ eW ~ IHh tarcd in ' alvttvr to the lndiau Ufl:cc dnted April I:, iabl,ir is one dro,unding i~umnllnreand |
