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Show BEPORTS CONCERNING INDIANS IN UTAH. 353 that their nlaces will he Elled bv others and the number remain about the same as this year. The farm work this summer is rather discouraging, owing to the ravages of the "white fly," whlch has practically cleaned out the root crops, but we hope for craps of grain and hay. The Shivwits Indians continue to improve under the leadership of Mr. Foster and his wife. 911 the able-bodied are self-supporting, and very proud of the fact, as are we all. I have just been notifledthat the house of %uEalo Bill. with all his blankets, guns, and everything in the house, burned down recently. T.n- v iew OP his wife's mndition. he beine auite axed. blind. and almost helnless. ~~ - ~. ~~ , this is a peculiarly distressing case, and the judges writeme requesting that " Miss Work and Government" should give Buffalo Bill "a new house, blankets. stove, anything," whlch surely ought to be done by some means; but I smiled a lfttle inwardly at the thought of waiting till something could come from t-he Government. though thev are both worthy and needv. Special ageni A I I s~eem s to have smoothed over t<e smelter troubles, and also found a de6nite starter for the boundary between Indians and "Clara Dutchmen," so that when Mr. Foster returns the fence will be built and the pasture Inclosed. The outlook is promising for these Indians. I wish I could say as much for the poor Kaibabs and San Juans. They are asking for help of the right kind, as it seems, and a start now, with the children In school learning how to do varfoua kinds of work, would do wonders for them. I truat they may have that start very noon. L A ~ BA. W OEK,B uperhtendent. BEWBT On AGENT FOB UINTAA AND OURAY AGEACY. WEITEB~CKUST, AH,A wust 14, 1905. This ageney is located at a point about 14 miles slightly west of north of Fort Duchesne, Utah, and at about 10 miles from the foothills of the Uintab spur of the Wasatch Mountains. The location, ao far as regards climate and altitude, Is ideal, but the agency is not' centrally located with respect to all Indians of the reservation, the Uncompahgre band of Utes, for the most part, living from. 20 to 70 miles away. With reference to the Uintah and White River bands of Utes, the location is accessible to most of the members of these bands, they livlng in the immediate vicinity thermf. A subagency has. however, been maintained at Ouray, Utah, 35 miles southeast of this agency. and through this arrangement the needs of the Uneompahgre hand are readily recognized. Agricu1tuve.-During the past year the Indians of the reservation have en-gaged in agriculture to a more or less degree, and it is believed that some advancement has been made in this Industry. Thelr knowledge of such work, however, Is limited, and of necessity the results obtained by them are not commensurate with the assistance rendered by agency farmers, nor, in fact with the amount of work performed by them, eeonomical methods not being adhered to even when Instructions and assistance are rendered. Allotments.-All Indians of the reservatlon have been allotted land, the last allotments made to the Unitahs and White Rivers having been completed in June of the present year. The Uncompahgre Indians are, for the most part, allotted along the Duchesne River, some few of them, however, having been placed along Lower White River and in the valleys of the small streams tributary thereto. About one-half the membera of this baud were allotted by a commission in 1897 and 1898, but only 83 of these allotments were ever approved, being thme lying east of Green River. All the Indians of this band not having received allotments In 1897 and 1898 were allotted during the past year on the Uintah Reservation. The Uintah and White Rher Indians were allotted during the past spring and have been given land In the vicinity of the agency at Whiterocks, except about one-flfth who were placed along Lake Fork Creek on the agricultural lands of the upper Duchesne River. All allot-ments whlch were made during the past year were made by a commission appointed for that purpose. Allotments were selected from the very best land to be found on the reservation, and the quality thereof was obtained by actually Inspecting each tract of 40 acres of all such land avallahle for allotment and |
