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Show 91 "induced to join Black Hawk's band."-5 He further explained that the Agency was more that 90 miles from the nearest settlement, and that the road was nearly impassable, causing freight rates that were so high that fewer provisions were obtained from the money appropriated. The needs of the reservation were enumerated: roads, buildings, personnel, mechanics' tools, plows, wagons, etc. The length and intensity of the winters caused constant comment. So intense, in fact, that Rhodes recommended "the necessity of removing the Agency and farm 60 miles further south on the Uinta, where the climate and soil are better adapted to raising everything, including corn..." The above figure (60 miles) must be a misprint in the Government report. F. H. Head, speaking to the same point, says: The farm which has been opened for the Indians was located at a point which experience has demonstrated is too much elevated for the successful.culture of corn and other cereals, which should form a portion of the crops. Wheat, turnips and potatoes can be grown to advantage. It will, doubtless, be best to open another farm the coming season at a point some 16 miles down the valley...' 5Ibid. 6lbid, 'Head to Commissioner, August 22, 1867, in RCIA, 1867, p. 177- |