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Show 89 Black Hawk War reached flood tide in the central Utah settlements; the matter of the new home for the Utes was a case of too little and too late, partly because of the war. As stated earlier, the unfortunate Kinney was released from the Uintah assignment for "gross neglect." He was replaced in the spot by Thomas Carter, a special agent. While Carter was in charge, Superintendent Head sent four wagonloads of flour and other foodstuffs, while Brigham Young sent seventy head of cattle from the Mormon settlements. The arrival of these items of food to supply the Indians was an act of faith which helped to gather the Indians there. Since he was a special agent, never formally assigned to the Uintah Agency, Thomas Carter was soon replaced. On October 1, 1866, D. W. Rhodes took charge. In his first Annual Report, addressed to F. H. Head, Rhodes starts by complaining: Uinta Indian Agency, Utah Territory July 31, 1867 Sir: I have the honor, in conformity with the regulations of the department to submit this, my first annual report of the condition of Indian affairs within my jurisdiction, and regret that I am unable to give as favorable a report as might otherwise be made had the stipulations in the treaty of 1865 made between the government and the Indians been ratified by the former. *" ^Report of the Secretary of the Interior, 1866, p. 25, |