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Show On the 21et of July last I had the honor to address the Denartment relative to the provi.fb in the law making appropriations for tl;e Ioclian l)rpnrtmer~t for the year ending June :i0, 1672, aud the rulilig 01' the 1ronoml)le Seercturv of the Ilitcfirior tl~rreou. xettine fort11 the mr;it invo~lveuiencea l~d6m bmrassmeut : I I I ~th e tliffi'cultj, ifnot impossii~liry, of carrying tllen! out in corll~ertiouw ith the law requiri~~agcc ounts to Le subniirted ouarterlv. Owiog to the clistalkre anti ioacccssiblr uohi. tion of this a h o y , 1-would most respectfully but earnestly urge' the Depart.ment to such a modification of that law from Oongress at its first sitting. as its effect. in mv iudement. will be to drive all uersous ai~uilnrl!.i l'cuated with nixself frc;ru tilo sckice. 1 c~uglltp, er hap^, to apolt,gizn for Ihc length of this report; my w:lut of time for lrrevitv is all I call otvcr. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. J. GRITOHLOW, United States InZan Agent, Uintah Valley Agency, Utah. H. R. GLUM, Acting commission,^ of Indian Afairs, Tashingtun, D. 0. . . No. 101. SHOSHONEA .ND BANTACKA GENCYW, YOMINGT ERRITORY, September 1, 1871. SIR: Agreeably to in6tructions1 I hare the honor to submit the fol-lowing annual report: The stipuilatious of the treaty entered into with the Eastern Shoshone and Bannack Indians, at Bort Bridger, on the 3d day of July? 1868, were only in part carried out previous to the fall of 1870, it having been provided in the meanwhile that an office should b e kept opeu and a nuities distributed at Fort Bridger. The Indian appropriation h a ~ i n gre moved all difficulty, the erection of agency buildings was commenced last fall. Pi d~elling~housflorr the agent and six for cmploy6s, a store-house, mission or school house, and I' buildings for grist and saw mills have been completed; also a small fort stockade and smith-shop, and twelve acres of ground plowed and enccrl, upon which a fair cr6p has been raised the prevent year. The reservation set apart for t,he Shoshones, and temporarily for the Bannocks. embraces the Wiud River countrv. from its source to Ow1 ~ ' r e r i , ala rge rril,urilrj of said r i~er . ~ h n ~ o r8ietel rted tor the agency is situated on Little Wiud Jiiver, a beautiful aud highly j~roductive ral-ley, running nearly east and west, from one to three-miles wide, and twenty-fire to thirtj miles long. The climate in this valley is remarkably mild for the latitude, and in eYem resnect the Relection is a good one. I moved to the new agency ill 3I"aj l;;sr, and an1 mzikiug so611 improremeuts as are most stitc&sarj' pith n lirl~irecul ulube~o~f en~plo)&n. Ag~eeablyto instructions, a farm for instructing Indians, consisting 6o f 300 acres, has been located new the agency, and will be plowed and euced this fall. The mig~atorgh abits of these tribes may cause some delay in meet i n c the views of the Denartm~nt. but it is beliered a number will reglain at the agency to firm next kummer; and the growing scarcity of game will graduallv compel even the reluctant to adopt an agricul. tural life. - - |