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Show 180 REPORT ON INDIAN AFFAIES. ah Vants and Western Shoshones also cultivate a small area of land. The principal products are as follows : Acres. Bushels. Value. Wheat ............................................... 60 1,400 $2, N O Potatoes ......................................... 25 800 800 Turnips .............................................. 20 2,000 2,000 Ha F.. ............................................... 40 40 tons. -1,000 6,600 By aid of the appropriation of 9615,000 for the current year, I anticipate that the agriu~iltural products will be at least quadrupled upon the Uinta reservation. From the foregoing general view it will he observed that the condition of Indian matters within this superintendency is highly satisfactory. I apprehend no difficulty hereafter in preserving with all the tnhes the most entire tranquillity. Owing to the general decline in prices consequent upon the restoration of peace, the appropriations go much further toward supplyirig the wants of the Indians, both as to goods and provisions, thau during the war. A continuance of the liberal and kindly policy heretofore pursued by the wvernment towards its Indian wards cannot fail to he attended with the hap- s piesr rcw~lts; results which, aliile attained at inGnitr.ly it:2s cosr, Loth of money and of lift., than those clarnored for by the advocntes of rnilitnry cxtermit~stior~, are at tile eamu titme far more in accordance with the dic:atca of c.nli-r lltened public sentiment and Christian civilization. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. H. HEAD, Szloerintendent Indian Affairs. L ". Hon. N. G. TAYLOCRom, missioner. No. 43. UIXTAI NDIAAGNEN CYU, TAHT ERRITORY, 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. That treaty (a synopsis of which will be found in the Commissioner's report of 1865, page 150) provides that if the Indians will relinquish their right of possession to all the lands within the Territory of Utah occupied hy them, they shall not only receive certain annuities, but shall be provided with sums suffi-cient to establish schools, erect grist and saw mills, procure agricultural imple-ments, build houses for employ&, mechanics' shops, kc., &c. I t also provides that for their benefit theunited States will sell the present reservations, viz : Spanish Fork, San Pete, Corn Creek, and Deep Creek, in all 291,480 acres, for not less than 629 cents per acre.. The condition of the treaty, so far as the Indians are concerned, I can safely say have been complied with to the letter. They have removed to the country set apart by the general government, behaving themselves with commendable |