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Show REPORT OF AGENCY IN UTAH. Farming.-I found many of the Indians in ponsession of farms and fairly com-fortable houses, most of the latter built by former agents, and some few by them-selves. Owing to a scarcity of seed, I do not believe that the product of cereals this year will amount to as much as it should, or anythinp like the capacity of the farms under irrigation. Those who had seed will do well. Others have, by per. mission, employed white men to assist them, it being distinctly understood that the white man is not a lessee of the Indian's farm, hut an employee of the Indian. This, I believe, will bring aood results, as I have been particular as to the charac-ter of the white men employed. The crop of lucerne will be immense for the acreage, and ample to supply all the hay needed at both agenmes and Fort Dnchesne. In fact, quite a nnmber of the Indians who have lucerne will he unable to find a market for all excess over their own needs. 1 estimate that the Indians will sell from three to four tl~onsandd ollars' worth of hay this year. The total amonnt harvested will he, at the minimum estimate. 4,000 tons. Some vege-tables. potatoes, melons, etc., will be raised, but in noconsiderable quantity. Irrigation.-About 65 miles of ditch have been deepened, cleared out, head gates wasteweirs, and boxes put in, making about 60,000 acres available for farming purposes. On a great ma'ority of this land a good and regular supply of water can be and is furnished. k i t h a reasonable degree of care and moderate expense the ditches now in use can he kept in repair. There is still, however. a large amount of land in the Uintah Reservation which can be brought under cultiva-tion, for whioh irrigation is necessary, especially in view of the fact that the majority of the Uncoppahgres have taken, or will take, allotments on said reser-vation. and w~thoutm creasin-a the amount of irrig-a ted land there will not be enough to provide for all. Stack.-The advantages offered for stock raising by this reservation are great, but do not seem to have been taken advantage of by many of the Indians in a systematic way. Twenty-eight hundred head of cattle and 3,500 head of sheep, most of the latter owned by the Unoompahgres, constitute all of their possesalons in this line which are profitable to them. A few manifest a desire and make an effort to uassess -ro od American work homes, and take oare of them when they get them.& The great majority of the Indians, however, seem to be satisfied with their ponies. of which I estimate the number at 5,000 or 6,000. These ponies run at large and live on what they can get. While on first thought they seem to be an unmitigated nuisance, in de f a~~olft something better they are a ngoessity to the Indians, many of whom live far from the agency and must come from 20 to 50 miles to get their weekly rations. They have no means to support American horses, which would starve in winter. The number of ponies is, however, greatly in excessaf theneed. I believe that thequality of these ponies could be improved by providinga sufficient number of stallions, whiqh could bestoodin eachneighbor-hood during theseason, and by castrating the Ind~anst allions. I t would he unjust and impolitic to take their stallions away from them without giving an adequate retnm. Dmnknneas.-Drunkenness among these Indians is not infrequent. This is ~ r i n - cik.dlg due to tlre eristen<e of yeit 111de jnsr off the rnil~t.tiy rvservution,nenr 1:ort Iiu Chesue. whero rhey can ol,ta~rr all tho rtlcohol f ,r whh.1, they van p;jy. l t r;*+trura lmopr impossible to o b t a~e~viid enco again% thi, joiut whirh d l ii t.lud m COUlli. Schools.-There itre two schools on this reservation, the Ouray School at Rand-lett for the Uncompahgres, and the Uintah School at Whiterocks for the Uintah and White River Utes. The attendance has not been good at either school, although better at the Uintah than at the Ouraj-, the Everage at the former being nearly 65 and at the latter 26. Among the older Ind~ansa,s a rule, a strong dis-like exists to sending their children to school, due largely t6 the natural dislike of the children to mental application and necesmry confinement; perhaps also to a feeling similar to that of many ignorant whites that what was good enough for the father is good enough for the child. They fail to comprehend the advantages of an education, the ablest and most influential men among them having none. I have endeavored to impress upon the older Indians that their subordinate posi-tion to the whites is mainly due to their ignorance, and also the necessity of pre-marine themselves to become citizens: but I doubt whether this reasonina makes ;mcL;oi R1I inipreseion. One special ~ t u s vw hich operates against rhe schools is that unfortunately sev-eral rlelrlrs llave .ac,!urred among rhe scholers during rlre nw.riou. J11,sr uf these wcrr R I , . ~ r hilllren pormitrrd to rrturu to them lrmnes. but the inclia~~ene eu to hull thchcl. 01 nccouut.tble r<,rt lretrdearlrs. TheIacilitiea at thr sch~olsaruin iul-equate firr tho proper cnro of tlln airk. To remedy rhi* I would suggent a hu~yitnl |