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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IN UTAH. 151 far from brlirviug tl~ot wheu tlre grand balan~cr sliert of all rhme mcuus and indu-uurcethnr entm iuto f h e ultvatio!~a nd civili~aiiono f I ~ C SIn~dia uR is carefully HI-anliuctl aud \reighed our school will not npprur 18, ilis3~1~rntirgv. MISSIONS There has beenno soeoial missionam work attemnted. exceat in connection with the ~el,aul, and the g;uerill inter~ollr$ uf 1110 rmullo;s wirh rha Iudians. I1 huebeen the ale rig^ of the Iomtrd, snsl alao of tlln agent, n, employ only hlleh tenehrra and em-plnybs ;as wonld lnllor ro l,romore the gt.~wiucC hrictian ririlinttior. of rhesa Iadian~. IXDIAS POLICE, Siuas the advent of the White River Utes and the Uncomyahgres to this ageuoy and vieinity the working of this force has not been aa efficient and setisfactory as formerl~ There is mueh opposition to it by the above-named Indians, someof whom are via ent and speak agniuat it in our councils. Such conduct tends to intimidate some. and disoouraee others. Cantein Tom who hasbeen so efficientin hisduties, is a or no inducement. The others receiving^pay iu proportion would perform them duties with mole ambition, hrennqe the office would be more wortfy their attention. IXTRODCCTIOS OF NIIISKY. Since the settlement of the militarr, the White River anaUneolupahgreUteaontbis scenov and vioinitv. and the eonseauentlv meatlv increased inkorcourse betweenthe &%tii&eutss na rhi;r:alley, by mea;~uit<.i~lnrcr*,J ndi3na.nnd ur l t~r jn, nd thecatal,- lirlnncnt o f several %loon* at Aahlq-, :{V !uilv~d:sInnrn. ut a a.c,~kpal ; rt+ha t ?orn,,un-njual d i s t~r b a n ru~u,. tmn rlw I!\dinn,~do cs rlct vectlr on R C C U ~ I I Iu~f i t . andit :dl,nvond ve; tGie who furniah it. Er1OXF.Y PAYMENTS TO ISDIANS. Beforen~yla st sminnlmport apar t of t h eme coinmission enrolledand made one cash payment to the White River Utes. On the Sd of March I made anather payment to those who eallld be colleoted. Not quite half, hoxrovar, of those who had been en-rolled by the oommiasion presented themselves after every effort had been made to induoe them to eomo. The mouag belonging to the absentees was deposited to the credit of the United Stakes. Another payment being doe, I was directed to make it, which I did on the 1.5th ultimo, and also undsr the ruling and directions of the de-partment pilid the Uiotahs their proportion of the Ute 4 per cent. ficnd an the 16th ultimo. This change in the policy toward the Uintahs was exaeedil~glyg ratifying to the Indians, an well as to myaelf and all their friends. We believe that all, or nearly so, pf the White River Utes mere present and received their money at the last pa,ymeat. Those absent in March were present and received both payments at the same time. The payment8 nere made quietly and withmuch satisfaction to the In-dians, especially to the Uintshs, and had n. tendency to allay someof the friction be- *ween the two bands manifest before t,hat.. Though the payment of mone totho Iu&i~nsis gratifying totham, I cannot but re-g+ rd it as vicious,, prodaotiveo?little good and the occasion of muoh evil, givin them the mean8 of grat~fyingv icious habits and tastes that should he repressed. jmong these are the procuring of whisky, gambling, racing, &c., all of which have a tendenoy to retard the o~vilizinyp rocess. Could the money thus given be,under the direction of the Pre~ident or depertmont, expended for clothing, subsistence, snd agrieultursl f;toilities and implements theremltn, in my opinion, would bemnchmore bcnefioial. SEW BUILDIXGS. Tno new bnildinge, muoh needed, have been oan8tnloted; a. commissary with oscea, and a oo~moil-house vith guard-rooms, at a oont to t.ho government of $1,8W. |