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Show 226 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. UTAH SUPERIXTENDENCY. No. 42. UTAE SUPERINTENDENCY, (ireat 8alt Lake CiDy, U. T., August 1,1869. Sm: I have the honor t6 submit my last annual report of the condition and progress of Indian afiairs within the whole superintendency. POPULATION. In my prer io~~ansl lnal reports as full and acrurate elassiticntio~a~n d ~~uulberiuogft lle dilti.rc.t~rr ribeu as it wan prarticnhle to obtnin have been eiven. 3 1 i~l~ vesticatiu~d~usri ~lctl lr .rear have aatistit!ci n ~ teh at thu GIIJIIhJe r6tof'ore t ;~~~~~s tuiiitkt'est~lb siat~riacllo~rr ect. Sillce I I ~ last rtyurt, ho!ve\.er, the Trr~.itosyo f \\'a.oulll~gh as brrll o r g a n i ~ ~:l~ud~ l , rile 1Sdrtc.m Sl~oshonrsn t~dn lix~vll viluds of l<uo~~nelainud Shnshoues suuerintendenc? nearly five thonsand. In mv last reDort the number ~sa'.s;t :itt.d to & tmcnig.tire rho~ls:tnd. The nat~tmld ccn-asr ~vouldb e nrnr1.y one rhu~rea~id.T his, a~l dth e tra116ti.ra bove named, wo111d leaye the uun~hero f ludinns in this su~r~~inteudenart -tih e d.~too f t h i ~rrl lurr nineteen thousand. The classiitidon herdofore given need not be again repeated further than to summarize the same, as follows: Iudiuns spenki~lg Shoshone laubwage ...................... 4,000 111di311ssp eaking Ute language ............................ 1:I,40U luclint~su penking miurd li~ugoage... ........................ I , ti00 Since my last report, no troubles worthy of note have occurred with any of the Indians belonging in tltis superintendency. There has been an occasional instance of theft of a pony, or of an ox for beef, yet in the aggregate such instances of crime are much less in number than would have occurred among an equal white population in any of our newer States and Territories The only troubles occurring within this snperin-tendency have been with small bands of thieving Navajoes aud Elk Mountain Utes, from Arizona and Dolorado, who have d sited the ex-posed settlements in the southern portion of the Territory for the pur-nose of stealin~e h,o rses and cattle. The friendlvlndians have. however. h scvec~liu stnuecs given warning of tho apprrkch of these i hml ~ d i n i r t i s Yrrg little ilnmagr 11as rrsultecl fro111 rite actual loss of ntoek hy the farmers, although in some iqstances the necessity of keeping a guard constantly to watch the herds of cattle has beeu a heavy tax on the new settlements. UINTBH RESERVATIOX The report of Agent Dodds, herewith transmitted, gives a full synop-sis of agricultural and other operations at this agency for the past year. The number of Indians upon the reservation is increasing; many small bands, seeing the advantages of the location, have gone wholly, or in part, upon the reservation. The progress upon this reservation is a |