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Show 208 UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. chiefs, which come within this agency, are in and about Ru~by.valley, Hnmboldt river and mountains. They are not so destitute for clothing as the Goshee Utes, but were it not for the aid of the Overland Mail Company they must have suf-fered the nast winter from starvation. Feed, rather thau fi.g, ht, was their motto, awl their good order nud friw~dlyt l.cutrnetrt t u t l~eIn dians mcritj :rent prnirr ro tlw o~tirCri of the we31ern divijinn. wlnicl~ i 3 well npprerinrcd by thr h8fi:in.c. Tlec samt: n ~ o n hso ld coo11 wirh rhcac n i 5)-irh ihr Gushee Trrs, r11t.s lrrin-o almost h;:lf-way t,t.rwrt.n cr..:~r Jalr I.akr C'itp and Cnr~oua, bout rwo 1;trrtdw~l and fifty milee from eitlcer plrre. 31ud in rhe thll aud spriug, snow ill the winter, eomuels i r c i~l~t itro~ bre dune it, the eurntner tjr the nest wioter. sllich makps it vLry exp&sivgto transport flour and what tosupport the ~nbiaus. There-fore I would impress the necessity of cultivating the Indian reservation iu the valley, and locate these Indians upon it. I made them presents the last of February of the substantial goods yon for-waded, although not to a very large amount. They seemed well pleased, and promised (I have no doubt they will fulfil) their aid to sustain the mail and tele-graph lines, and would act as a police against all Indians committing depreda-tions against them. Snow being so deep in the mountains, your contractor failed to deliver the wheat. The Indians turned out with their ponies and packed wheat sixty to eighty miles, at my request, with great cheerfulness. . There are- quite a number of small bands with sub-chiefs, among the Utahs in particular, which I have endeat-ored to discountenance and discburage as much as possible, and persuade them to acknowledge and he subject to some of the acknowledged chiefs; also the rambling Indians to choose some one as their chief. I shall, without ordered to the contrary, in the fninre issue the presents to more fully accomplish that object. I am satisfied most of the depredations. that are committed are by the straggling Indians that have no restraints by cou-soEdation. I have urged the main chiefs to gather in as many of the Indians as possible, which will be the hest possible step for a treaty some future day. A large body are roaming about most of the year from this to other Territories. They very soon find out what a eut has the most provisions and clothing. I know those who roam to Fort &ion, Sante Fd, Navajo county, and all over New Mexico, and receive presents from ten or more agents the same year, which serves as a strong inducement with them why they should not locate upon re-' .serves. Therefore I would respectfully recommend, to guard against such frauds and teach .the Indiana of my agency the manners and customs of civilized life more fully, that wherever and whenever farms a18 cultivated Indians there locate; that schools should be established among them where the parents are located, and not upon the chase, where they will be taught, not only at the school-room hut at home, the agricultural or mechanical pursn.its, which slroold be taught with a book education. The girls shodd he taught housewifery, knitting, sewing, spinning, and weaving. No teacher should be employed unless she could teach how to cut and make clothing, hoth for males and females, suf-ficient for Indian purposes. And no man should be employed, as teacher or otherwise, unless he is a practical farmer or mechanic, sufficient to teach the In-dian the use of tools, preserve meats, grain, &c. The mere fact of producing. without the Indian receiving any other benefit than the grain or vegetables pm-duced, would he far more expensive thau to purchase what might be produced. Combine labor with book education, for a book education without a practical knowledge of some science produces as often baneful as good results among them. Make lahor primary and book learning a secondary consideration. In-culcate in their minds the idea that lahor is ennobling and honorable, and lies at the foundation of all power and greatness, and that idleness tends to vicious and had .hahits. which are dierraceful and lead to sickness and a nremature rrave. which is the reverse of all heirp preconceived ideas of manhoodAand greatuise. All clothing delivered to the Indians should he made in these schools, and |