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Show REPORT OF AGENT IN UTAH. CONCLUSION. I take great plessnre in acknowledging thanks to your honor for the fsvora re-ceived s t yoor hands; hut,.ahove all, my thanks are due to the Giver of sll good for the aondition in which sffairs are in at this agency a t the preaent time. Respectfully submitted. JASOWNH EELER, U. S. Indian Agent. The CO~ISSIONEORP INDIAN &PAIRS. SIR: I herewith transmit my firat annual report of these agencies with the acoom-pannyiog statistias. These a enciea were consalideted July 1, 1886. The Uintah agency, the head-quarters of these agencies, is sitnated on the Uintsh River, about 100 miles north of Price, a station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railmad, about 170 miles east of Salt Lake City. The reservation ooutains over two million acres of land, whioh is well wstered lry theuintsh and Du Chesne Rivers sud their tributaries, and contains large acreage of fartilelsnds, more than suffloient for the wants of the Indians. This reservation is oocupied by two tribes of the Ute Nation, known aa the Uintah Utes end White River Utes. This reservation waa origiuallyaet apart for theUintah Utes and was oocupied by them many years ago. .The White Rivers were brought here in 18W, after the Meeker massacre. The Indiana occupying this reservation are Uintahs, 428; White Rivers, 406; most of whom are located within a radius of 12 miles of the agency. Tabby, chief of the Uintahs, with a hand of 15 lodges, is la-cated on the Upper Do Chesne, about 50 miles from the agency. These Indian* are known as "hlsnket" Indiana, and still retain in a great degree their ancient habits and cuacoma. They have shown in the past but littledisposition forwork, most of their time being spent in gambling, home-raoing, and the chase. They draw weekly supplies from the commissary of flour, beef, angar, coffee, eta., whioh amounts to about s, heif ration. They receive annuity goods, oonsisting of clothing, blankets, agrioultorsl implements, eta. They also receive an anquity p!y-want in csah. The payment this year took place in Auguat; it was made in spoole. Enoh man, womso, and ohild of the Uintahs reoeived $14.36, and each of the White Rivers received but $6.53, moneys for the Meeker penaion fund having been deduoted from their cash allowance. I took charge of this agency January 1, last; the carpenter, blacksmith, miller, and farmer had been diaoharged the day previous. It was midwinter ; no wood st agency for schools or agency use; muoh work to be done and no one to do it. Much time was lost in obtaining neoeasary help to carry on the ordinary hnsineas of the agency. The sobool at this agency has. muoh incrossed in scholarship doring the present year. The soh001 building has been filled beyond its capacity. The school aupplies were very scant, and I was not able to clothe the pupils as they should have been. In the increase of the school I waa ably assisted by the snperintendent,Wiss Fsnnie A. Weeks, who devotes her entire time and attention to her duties. The children are mostly small, aversging from six to fourteen yesra of age, and they have made good progress in their stndiea. On ~ u yar rival here I found these Indians very much opposed to sohools and to work of my kind. By good management and hard work among them I auaoes&d in gathering their children in. They now seem not only oootented, but are well pieasad with the soh001 and the treatment of their children and pay frequent visit. to it. The school buildings arenot fit for the needs of the agency. They are entirely too small, illy constructed, and not fit to live in during the winter season. More room and better buildings are needed. I have made this aohool popular with the Indians, and had I the necessary aaooolmodatioos I could Largely increaae the attendame., , These Indians by persuasion have shown better disposition for farming thie apnng than aver before. Over 800 acrea of new land wasfeoond in this spring. Wire fenc-ing haa never before seen used by these Indiaus. During the psat spring 13,000 pounds have been issned to them st this agency, and mnoh more is needed. Double the amount of seed-osts, m d potatoes for planting have been issned to these Indiana this spring than ever before. Great diBioolty has been experienoed in the harveatin of the crops for the want of proper implements. Tbere was no mower, reaper, or tfraahsr among the Indians |
