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Show REPORT OF AGENT IN UTAH, The Indians a6 present occupying the reservation are whitk Rivets 421, Uintsbs 453; most of these are located on farm4 within a rsdiu of 12 miles of the agency. Tabhy, obief of the Uintahs, with n ban1 of 15 lodges, is located on the UpperDuChesne, about 05 miles from the agency. Issum, rcnnt'ities.-Rations are issued weekly, consisting of Boor, beef, sogar, coffee, ealt, Gdb~king-powderi,n an amount equill to about a halfnution. Agrieoltnrsl im-plements are issued to an amount actuillly required for use. An annual dtstribution of annuity goods is made, consirtiog of blaokets, shawls, hoots and shoes, ready-made clothing, etc. An annuity payment was made this year, of which the Uintahs received far each man, woman, and child $13.51.; the White Xivers received $7.04. The cause of the smaller sum being paid the White Rivers is from the fact that thepagment of the Meeker pension is made from the annuity of this trihe. There was also paid a gratuity fund amounting to.S1,2A3.65. This sum was divided among industrious Indiana who sent their children to school. d~intl1ure.-Great progress'has been made in farm and other work during the past year. There is a spirit of rivalry exiating among these Indians as to who will have the largest and best farms. All of the apicnltural implements needed hare heen promptly sent me by the Indian Officea nd properly diotributed; 35,000 pounds of wire fencing were issued the past year and 25.000 additional pounds have been ordered s * ~ dar e now on the way here. No Indiso receives feoee wire until his fence pasts are planted. By authority of the Indian Office I purchased from the Indians ior agencp use 50,000 pounds of oats of their own raising. I have same authority to purchase from them far the present pear a similar amouot for the same purpo~e. This has been very encourag-ing to the Indians and has greatly stimulated them to continued labor. Theagency farmers have been constautly with them, instructing and assisting themin their work. I hare the resematioo divided into two terming districts, known as the aeencv and Doehesne districts. I have farmers stationed in eaoh district and in charee thereof. he Duchesne distriot is 65 milesfrom the agency. " Last fall the Indians cut snd hauled to the agency 200 cords of fire wood for the nse n.f~ t~,h-s ~ *~n e".-n. ,<, ,vn nd ~ e h o o lfo r wh i h I ".ai-d ~them~ $5 oer cord. The two reanera that ~~ ~ . .~ ~ were added to our farm maehinerv have done eood service in assistin-e in e-a th'ering- the crops. The general impression haa beon that these Indians were a lazy, indolent people,. only fitted for war and the chase. I do not find i t so; to theoontrilry. I find them to he able and willing workers; all they needed was the opportunity and means to do so; they have heeu heretofore sadly neglected in these things Now that they have the oppor-tunity, which I am happy to say has been afforded them by theGoverumrnt iu speedily granting any needed requirement, they have progressed more rapidly in the last two and one-half years than any other tribes in the oountr.y. What is now most needed sre water ditches to hriog more land under the plow. I have received instructions from your office to forward plans for such ditches, with an estimated cost for the huildinp of the same, which I will do at the earliest opportunity. Fre#ghling.--All agency tieights are hauled by the Indians from Price, distant 1U@ miles. They receive 52 per hundred pounds. They haves special likidg for this kind of work and make good freighters. They have prored themselves to be trustworthy and reliable. Saw-mill.-The aeenev saw-mill bas beeo placed in oomnlete runnine order. and is now sawina lorn for tde Indians. I have received authoiity to purebke from them lu0,OOO feet d i o g ~t,o I,? delivered at the mill There loca :*re ,,ow Leiog rut In the mouurnit~sn u l upout rhcir drliver,~I w~ l lh .. nhle to p.me the i8pnr.v 1,oildinus ID thor-ouch reuair and ~9.caistt he i u d n n , in hurld~oeh u n . ~ . ~Y. o \ r i ek,u~r lorh 1s >-sued here. ft is my purpose to compel everv head 07s family to build rs ldg house. I hare now o,w bun&;l \I>IM~OKI ian~aliliitt~I ~"rsl ur ~ S C Uto ~1 ,411tlrm. C~,ltl.~.-The adrtbcy herd o!' csttls that wrs dlhlrihltl+,dO ser one gear ago haye heeo well lok ro csre ai. .gs well a* the r m reare. 'The disrri1,otion of t b e ~ ce nrtle hw done more to improve these Indians in induoing them to fBrm work and holding them on their reservation than anything that has been previously done. They takes great in-terest in their little herds and nntch them with jealous care. I have heen very much annoyed by cattle tiespassers, who have beeo grazing their cattle on this'rc.iervstian for e number of years without paying any consideration for the same. On taking charge of these reservations nearly three gears ago I made it my duty to see that a. proper grazing tax was oolleeted. These cattle ranged from 60 to 100 miles from theapency, and it required constant vigilance on mypat.t,. I. however. sue-ceeded after much difficulty in collecting nmrly 810,000 grasine tax. $6,800 of which was distributed per capita among the bdians. Other cattle were driven from the res-ervation. Them cattle men feel very much chsgrinoed at being compelled to psyagmz-ing tax, snd are disposed to give me us mooh troul,le as possible. They have %one so |
