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Show UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. NO. :33. OFFICE SUPERWTENDENITN DIAANFF AIRS, Carson City, &-enad&, April 19, 1886. SIR: Agleeably to your inatructlons I have from time to time since their reception msde ~ I c u l ~ t i oannsd estimates in relation to theeost of abnilding suitable for s school-house on one of the reservatiooa in this State, of suffioient onpacity to accommodate fifty pupils, in-dudio homes far the teachers, and boarding and lodging house for the sol~olalars. ~ u e g hti me has neoessarily beon occupied in computing and ascertaining from different sourees tho cost of matera1 snd constmetion, ~ n tdhe collecting of other importaut facts in relation to the matter. Taking it for granted that tho school, if established, will, ss set forth in your letter of instructions, be oonducted on the manual-labor or industrial principles in annexion with hook education, I have, aftera careful investigation of the subject, based upon the ex erienee and judgment of intelligent mechanics and builders here, arrived at the cooclusiontgst to erect the buildings for dormitories, refectories, school-rooms, dweliing-house for teachers, and furnish the same. snd fence a quautity of lsnd sufficient for the purposes of the school, and furnish the requisite stock, tools, teams, seeda, &c., it will requireanexpen-ditnre of eleven thousmd five hundred dollars, ($11,500.) I am of the opinion, howerer, that if I could have time to emonally superintend the eon-struetion of the work, it might be done for an amount somewkat less. This, though, wonld depend to some extent upon the quantity of labor which the Indians might be induoed to pfif~rm. Jly cxl~orieuceis that tbe Indilroa r i l l lator, if they ran bo led tounderslsod that thrysre not mbe tr.ade rile rietilrasofu,irdirerted rnenE.g by laborincinvain. I hnvs abundsut ovidr~wa that many of them will make good farmem, in ordm tu bemrne which they uuly nwl tu be .-.l.~-..l.-.um-rl- 6.-. After the &st expenses of such an undertaking were pbid, I incline to the opinion that the mhool could easily be made self-sustaining. Blacksmiths, farmers, andteachersosn bepro-oured here fur seventy-five dollars per month. I have the honor to be, sir, very truly, yom obedicnt senant, H. G. PARKER, Superintendent Zedian Affuirs, Neondo. Eon. D. N. CooLeY. Commissioner of Zndina Affairs, Wodinzton City, D. C. UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. No. 34. Oaprce OF SUPERINTE~~ENOTF INDIAANFF AIRS, Grcnt Salt Lake City, Utah, Se7t~mbet2 0,1866. SIR: I hnre the honor to submit my nnnusl report of thegenemlcondition of Indian affalm within the Utah snperintendenoy for that gortiop ?f the gear past during which I have been aetinv as suoerintendent. The Indian tti as w~thmth ls sunerintendenov are : I. Tbeeas'rero ban<!$ of Shoshones and tbr lo1sc;d l,aodo oib~nnnckanohS Loahanoa. Theae bauds ell rccr wire \Vsxlmokeean rllief. Thv). o~rtul~srsl,,ttfro ur ihoussnd tivehund;vd souia. 2. The. u irt?tncntrrn bands of Shoshones. These Iudian~ nuuller sbout eichtcen hun-dwd. I'okauiio, Black b a r d , and San P.tz arc I L p~ri ncipairhief~. 3. The wr.r:rrn 'ibo>bo#,ei. Tllebo Iurlians uu,ubrr sbour two tboosand. 4. Tlta Co~Lin8o r Go.h~-Ute9. These Indian* ~.#rlt~l#,ellre u~lotn ,, tb<,tzoand. 5. The Wehe;-Utes or Cum-umbahs. These Indians number shoot sir hundred. 6. The Utahs. These Indiqns are~xow principslly consolidated into two bsnds, oneunder the control of Tabby, who has succeeded to the chieftainship made virtually vacant by t b old s, and infirmity of So-,-i-et. Thia band is eom osed of the Tim-pa-no s, the Uintasi and t&8e San-pitches, and numbers about four thousang. Tho other Utahs sre anown as Psh- Vants, snd are oontrolled by Ranash, and number sbout fifteen hundred. 7. The Pah.Edes. fiese Indians number about six hundred. Their principal cbief ia Tut-sey-gub-bets. 8. The Pah-Utes. These Indians number nbant sixteen hmdred. THE EASTERN-BANDS OF SHOSEONES Them Indians are under the 8peeial su ervision of Agent Lather Ifann, whose snnusl re-port is herewith transmitted. They are t%e most wedthy of any Indime in the Territory, owing to their hunting grounds embracing mneh territory still frequented by the buffalo. The robes taken by them on their hunting excwsions form an article of traffic of considerable im- |