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Show 16 REPORTS OF AGENTS IN DAKOTA, can ever be made suckessful is to makeit ahoarding-~ohool. The suocessof the school will be a problem for some time to came. The supplies furnished for the support ofthe Indiana at this agent dnrin thepsst year ware of uniformly ood quality and of sufficient quantity. & ecm8aiut hns beenmade byanyof theandians eitherosto quality orquantity of soppliesfurniahed. The annuity goods were amply aufflcient ant1 of good quality, and enough to supply all the wants of the1ndi;ms. SANITARY' The health of the tribo during the past year hasbeen good. No prevailing disease or epidemic of any kind haa occurred ; the deathrate not quite so great as lsst year. l n t em~ emoeem onr the Indims has. I noticed. deareased this laet vear. No asse ~ ~ OF dnlnkenrte*a h i l ~c;; mo under tuy p&ouill ohsArvntion, nlfhough I h a r e lee-n in-formed rhnt eomr has* been able to gut hold of liquor on tho sest<.rn ond of rho r+!n. urv;~tiura~h, icll cauae~lh rrioltir B ~ > I ) I L . ~ C O N ~aO11~1I01 1x the autriors o w h v. Tho el". pioying of a party to keep qet<hAof this traffic hiis proved mast effiiient, and I moommend the oantinuenoe of a person in that capibcity. The Indians must bekept sobar, or all our vork to ~ivilizoth em is lost. In the foregoing dotails I have to explain that it applies mostly to what is known as the Canoto and Motlahe bandsof SauthernUtas. who oocu.o"va ndlive an theenstern psrr ui rl;u rr.sc.rrurioa . t ! .dm+, ~13,gttgeJi n firtuibC ~ ~ srroudkrm ping end cunstirutb ;tbot#r halt' dl' a11 ihu Southeru L rrs. The Wlteu-nt~l.airhn tribe, fvr"ain~. rho other ItalI',oc~st~ths o wcsrenl ear1 of tho rcserrxioo. A !Bart of them r ewt arnrthinrr in tho way ifeducation orinythiog tending to the made8 of civilized life, ixcep% to draw their rations and annuities; they have even threatened to destroy the craps of tho eastern tribes who am at work. Thsv are of a roaming dieposition and pay but little attention to what is issaid by the ageit. Their behavior is good. with the oxcep. t,ion of s few. who. in connection vith what is known as the Pah Utes. disturb the htaticn west of tlk rcrrvu by their pnwnon, and I hrd to infurua tbn rboiwander ;i I,'orr Lowis of the abaencc of flleaa Indinon frow tho rcrrorso,and rhrir innxviliingne~~ 1" Iwed my orller lo return. lncl ru rrc~uwtll Ln to ~OPCOt hem ill10 oh~di cn~o. ITpon rho \'hole, I am satintied that tha B,urhcrn I:tea "re wuking mtxrl# pro rrcam; they are buromin;: muell better ~PL: IVPnuItI1 msku r spi~ln dv:tnee~oont townnb self-nupourt. If nrl nsonr krre- e g a-r , hlr ~ f i , r t bL O s 111 auectjnd: if ltn luta -w., all fdle to pieios again. Permit me to return mr thanks for the kindnem and assistan? given me by the Department in my official duties. Herewith inclosed the required statistics. The Southern Utes nnmber 995. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Cwi. F. STOLLBTEWER, U. 5. Indian dgmt. The COMMIBSIONEORP INDIAN AFFAIRS. C H E P E ~RI VERA GENCYD, MOTA, august 25,18117. SIR: Ihave the honor ro submit the following report of this agency for the past soar Cbugenne River nCenC7 is located on the runt hunk o t tho Mi ~ ~ o nrrivi er, about :% ~urlesn orth of Ptt'rrc, Uak., the rcrulintm uf the (:hiengo and Sorrhweatrru Hail-wag, irutn wl~ichp lncu o >cage rum tuu ~ o i n ot vvu~itot he I L C R ~ C Yt hree tiwesa week. The mail aid p.ssengCr8 are crossa$ over tih; river in a aGall~row-boat. The nearest t s leaanh st;ltion is Fort Sullv. 7 r-n iles8intnnt. on t,he east eide of the river. ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ . ~~ - 'Tlwre is ire;lu;nrlp p e a r ~ i 6 c u l r yit ;;rnaaing the rhvur. 0wisK to the awiftnesa"f tho curreur irud ~lt.noaarour sand barn hours nro aomntiwca aoosulttcd io rho crowing, aull vr ccrrnltr arasorba uf thu vnar the ri\cr is iruunssablu for three or four darn at a timo. There should be a tel;greph station at the^ the sgenoy or the ooniiguon& post of Fort Bennett. |