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Show 148 UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. Indians. The frosts, floods, drouths, and alkalies all tend to make it a vely uncestail~h ~~siu'tis. There are i u n ~ ~hyrm s in this Sfate that were ol~ccc. ou~i t l~(!~\'til~llt~l il~lwe1,1 ic.h :#re1 1o1v eirl~var bandoned (11 rail be ~ I I I T - eh:lst.~tl i s ln~~clrlsla thi111 I I I I~I~OVI : I I ICI I IVS O ~ T . Owing to the character of &is country the necessity for domesticating the Indians is not urgent nor never will be. Seveuty-five per cent. of our white population live in towns located in the vicinity of mines and import nearly everything they use. The agricultural land in this State does not amount to more than one acre in 300, conseqncntly there are immense tracts of territ,orv over which the Indians can roam and urocure f r o ~ lit~ wllaterc.r sul,si.sthre rhry evc.~li n\.e done hc~.t.toft,~;.vti.t l~(gut intrrfeling wirh ~III!r ighrx of nuy oue. E;tcIl 1c.a~r1 1c.r~i s :t ~~nliccahlr chance fur rLe hetrer mlonc! tl~cst:uro~~wleh.i le t l ~ t . ~ i i ~ ~ n b ~ sfh~i~itt ' t l are gaiuiug a li~elihoodh ywork &e ~ o n h u a l l iyn creasing. Horse stealing and cattle killing have become very rare occurrences. They still adhere to their correct principles of morality and temperance. Ways and means should be extended to this agency for the prompt alleviation of suffering. During the sickly period last fall I was com-pelled to turn a deaf ear to many urgent calls,for assistance. The Indians believed the sickness to be contagious,, 'ud as it increased moved in small camps to isolated places. There were instances where nearly every mem-ber of a camp sickened and died, oftentimes leaving small children to perish of hunger and thirst. , In cases of this kind that came to my udtice I prevailedupon the rehtixres to take t h e c h i l e n i n c e Inmany cases the well ones were unable to fmish.proper and sufficient subsistence for the aick. I did all that was possible under the circtmstances to assist them. Many of the particulars of this unfortuuate event were unknown to me until weeks afterwards. I felt that it would be a mockery to go ahwut emwtv handed seilrchinc for obiects of oharitv. ~&y-respectfnlly~o,& obedie& servant, " FRANKLIN CAMPBELL, United &ate8 Indian Agent. Hon. H. G. PARKER, Sup't Indian Affairs, Carson City, Nevada. UTAH SUPERINDENDENCY. No. 28. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENOTF INDIAAFNFA IRS UTAH, Salt Lake CiC"v,. Sm- tember 16.1868. Sm : I have the honor to submit my aurlual report of the general con-dition of Indian &airs within the Utah stuperintendency for the past year. INDIAN POPULATION. The numbers and classi6cation of the Indians within this superintend-ency as given in my last annual report is, I am satisfied from careful investigation made during the past year, substantially correct. For con-venience of reference the tabular statement is repeated, and is as follows: !&ibes qeaking the Utah language. 1. Uintas .................................................. 100 2. Timpanortgs .............................................. 80Cl . 3. Sanpitches ............................................... 400 |
