Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - 1887

Excerpts concerning Utah from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs - Courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs provides demographic data and estimates regarding necessary congressional appropriations. The Commissioner also discusses the effects of the general allotment act, the process by which agents should be chosen for employment at the Indian agencies, the progress and demographic data of Indian schools, the use of Indian lands for agricultural pursuits, the system of law enforcement and judicial action on reservations, and the development and use of railroads (including on the Uncompahgre Reserve). Uintah Ouray Reservation Agent T.A. Byrnes submits a report describing the consolidation of the Ute agencies, the disposition of the Uintah and White River Utes, the increase in enrollment in Indian schools, the construction of Ft. Duchesne and various buildings at the Uintah Ouray Agency, and confrontations with Colorow and his band