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Show 150 UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. The number of Indims throngbout the superintendency is unquestion-ably upon the decrease. Intercourse with depraved and vicious whites has scattered among them the seeds of diseases beyond the reach of the simple remedial agents known in their practice of medicine; Diseases of a syphilitic or scrofulous character are transmitted to the children from the parents, causing among them a fearful mortality. The relatively small number of young men and women among them capuot but be noticed by any intelligent observer. THY: UINTAHS. Ohiet Sowiet, who claims to be 132 years of age, is still alive, altbough incapacitated by age and in6rmity from all active participation m the gov. ernment of the tribe. Sowiet has at all times been a worthy and reliable chief, and his in6rmity is a misfortune in other respects than the loss of his influence on the side of peace and justice. The various distinct bands and tribes of Utahs are virtually without an efficient head chief whose authority would be everywhere recognized. Tabby, the principal chief of the Uintahs, is not fully recognized as their chief by the small bandsof Sanpitoheq Yampas, Timpanoags, and others upon the Uinta reservation, and in case of the recurrence of petty stealing raids there is no recognized head chief who can be held accountable for the depredations, or whose authority to punish the offenders would be acquiesced in by all. The office of head chief is elective, all the different bands of Ubhs being entitled to a vote; but no action will be had in the premises during the life of Sowiet, and the present somewhat anomalous condition of affairs will doubtless oontinue so long as he shall live. The labors of these Indians in farming are detailed in that portion of this report relative to the Uintah agency. THE PAH-VENTS. These Indians as a class show greater aptitude for farming than any others in the superintendency. I have heretofore often had occasion in my communications with you to speak highly of the worth of and reli-abilit.~ of Eanash, the principal chief of the tribe. He constantly encour. ages his Indians to labor and is himself thoroughly indusbrious. In Mag last I hired an& ploughed for the Pah-Vents about 20 acrea of land, and furnished them each grain. They irrigated and cared for the crop, and cut poles for fencing their fields. The grasshoppers, however, have almost entirdy destro~edth eir grain. With suitable aid and encouragement the Pah-Vents would cultivate and care for a large amount of farming land. To provide them a farm with fences, buildings, tools, &c., at their present location, would, horn-ever, be a considerable expense, and one which I have not felt justified in incurring, in viem of t.he proposed speedy removal of the tribe with the other Utah Indians to the Uintah reservation. THR P&-EDES AND PAH-UTES. These tribes range over all that part of Utah south of the cityof Fillmore, in Millard county. Their country is mostly a desert, and the Indians wretchedly poor. Several bauds, whose homes a,re near the difiercnt settlements, have been aided by the settlers to put in a fcv acres of land to crops, and the amount thus raised by them will relieve, in some small measure, their immediate necepsities. With suitable en-couragement they could be readily engaged in farming, and soon made self-sustaining. |