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Show 310 REPORT OF AGEN? 18 WAB. The Indiana of theee a.genoiea are potseeably inclined itnd well disposed toward law and order. The adultswith few exceptions are slowin making progressin Way8 of oivilization ; allllh, owever, are becoming appreciative of its comforts, and perhaps are doing as rpell ns should be expected, their history and surroundings being con-sidered. At White Rooks, and eiove to the agency, is located the Uintah boarding school. D ~ ~ r i nthge past year two new buildiugs have been completed here; one a large apsrtlnent house xith aceommodations for &I1 sohaol employees, inoludlng for their service a ~i t t i l lgro om, dining room, and kitchen, also an office room for the school superintendent. The other building is a. eon~rnadious two-story laundry. This building is not gupplicd with power or machinerg, it being considered of greater importance that the girls should be taught to wash and iron in the manner suited to their prospective future circumstances in life. The laundry department has been ably and faithfully eandooted by asohoolemployee. TheUintah school, studv. and reoi t~t ionro oms have been enlarged, so that the school now has a oomfartahi6 and healthy capacity for 90 children; 100 oan be sooommodnted. Average attend-ance dnring the past Sear was GI; the entire r:nrollment was 85. The Unoompehgre bonrdlng school ia loca~ed on the Uintah River 5 miles below Fort Duchesno. Its main aeoummodations consist of three two-story brick buildings. The study and recitation building has t h ~ e reo oms below stairs, with n, hall and led.ure room abovo stairs. 'The second bnilding is oocnpied as dormitory for industrial teacher and boys exolusively; the third building contains kitchen and ntesa hall for entire aohool, wash room for girls only, and pitting room, a kitchen, and a dining room for employees above stairs, with apartments for female employees and nchool girls above stairs. There is a residence for the agenoy and scbool physician, a commodious laundry (same plan ss the one at Uintah school), a gymnasium, a barn for animals pertaining to the school; and a, storehouse and workshop combined have been completed during the past year. The school build-ings proper and e gymnasium are located on three sideb of a srlunre. The sohool grounds are inclosed and have been improved by grass and trees. With water ditches running in all directions, the tress and grass have made rapid growth, and the place is j u ~ t l yc alled very pretty. One hundred and sixty acres of lend hare been inclosed with cedar posts and wire fence fbr the benefit of the school. Sixty acres of this land have beeu seeded with nlfalfa. At this school, as at the oneet White Rocks, the boys are trained in manual labor. They have doll6 most of the work fencing the farm, and perform most of the farm labor. They are cheerful, induatrions, and obedient, nreeaaily ulansged, and exhibt plnel~af fection for each other and for their teaohers. The number enrolled st thia school (51) is comparatively small. The average attendance of the pupils enrollod has been 42. An important improvement has been made in the boys' dormitory by the addition of a bsthfoom with fpur set tubs. A water and ReWa system should ha provided forthis sohool. Plansand estimatesfortheaams are now being prepared, ax$ will he submitted for approval at an early day. lhe adults of these three bands of Utes h&ve generally made some improvement daring the past Sear in their manner of living. A large amount of new lands has been fenced and partly brought under oultivrstion. Those that have heen helped to honses live in them and have ruzdo much effort to obtain furniture, sooh as tables, bedsteads, cupboards, eto. The past winter was long and very severe. Progress in farming was muoh hindered on this account. The commissioners appointed to allot lands tu the Unoompahgrss and negotiate with Indians resirling on the Uintah Reservation for relinquishment of a. portion of their lands arrived here December 21, 1894. The Indians, especidly the Uncom- , pnhges, view the object of this commission with distrust. 'They will not be con-vrnced that they are not entitled to rights in their rrservation upon the same fnndrs-mental principles aa thoae oonceded to the Indiana of tho Uinteh Keservation, and regard the proposition requiring them top&y$l.% per acre for land allotted to them as a breach of faith on the part of the Government. Every effort is being made to persuade these Indians to accept lands in severalty. The liberal aupply of material, posts, and wire furnished by the Department for fencing roads through their reservation has been put to use. Canals and water ditches have heen cottstrueted over a, large portion of the irrigable land, and 12 ho~~se2s ,o f frame and 10 of logs, after plan approved by the Department, have been eoustructsd. Chief Chavenaux hasmoved into theframe houseoonstrnoted for him, and has made a good crop of oata, wheat, and potatoes on the farm prsotio&llyallot-ted to him. Authority has been ssked for the expenditure of sufficient funds to fur-nish luaterial for 10 more houses for the Indians of eaoh agenoy, these houses to be located on l a ~ ~ adlslo tted to their inhabitants, Plans for houses the ssme as these have been prepzred to he forwarded with the recommendation that Congress be asked to authorize the construction of 50 hv contract, to he of frame insteed of logs. It is believed if this methodis adopted it w;ll domuch towardinducing theae Indians |