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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISRIOXER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 557. the middle of November. I cannot see exactly how I am to dispose of them duriue the winter. as it will be imuossible for them to eo to the ?genc,~e, \& if they desired to do 80. 1t"tlle dedgu of the 1)c;nrrment 1s to starvr this wandrril~gb and illto a rolnl~Ii;~nc\sei t11 treary rtipul:~. tions. 1 lli~uk this would be a eood time to 1ua1;r the trial: but I must say tililt I npprchend much dihiieultj before tbis plan s:~~ceetls.I t t.11~ last eun~~ehiell d Ilerr, nu agent ofthe 111teriorD epnrtlnel~tw its present, and to hiln tllesc Utes eml~llaticallvd eelnred that the!' \vo~~lndo t mnko the agency their home. +heir stitement, which he can easily Rubstan-tiate, ya s that if the Qovern~nendt id not see fit to provide for their vants,'they would try to provide for themselves, which means nothing more nor less than this: that thex will roam where they please, hunt where they happen to find game, beg in the towns, and steal from the' raucbmen. Afy instrpctions inform me that I will be expcted to keel> the Uelxirtmeut informed of the movements of this wandering band of Utes, and, inaccordance with that order I have not only written 1011 when I was cognizant of an1 change in the local habitation of my wards, but have also informed the commander of t.he nearest military post of such change, in.order that the guardians of the frontier might not n~istaket he peaceful Utes for warlike Apaches or Piegans. The fact that some of these Utes (among whom mere Ti-ah and John) have ordered white men to leave the Middle Park countro, has been made the subject of s special communicstion by me to the ~"e~artment, dated September 6,18il, and it is unnecessary for me to reiterate the occurrences and siiggestions therein uoted. Much difficulty has been caused at this agency by Indians obtaining . whisky; and until very lately it has been ilnpossible for me to obtain any clew to the source from which this supply came. On Septen~ber2 7 I detected one George E. Ashbough in the act of conre~ingw hisky to an Indian, and had him promptly arrested and examined before a United States commissioner for this Territory. The evidence was of such a nature that he was committed to iail. to await the action of the grand jllvy, \vlliel: meets i l l J :~I IUnHer~c JI t i a nl) intt*l~tioltto n~ako ;In cx:lnrl~leo f this i~lisereauti,l l tile hope that Ilia &unlrll:+r):a. nd ssc.\.tbre punishnsnt may deter others from t.rinsgressillg the v&,y wise law which forbirla the barteriug or giving spirituous l iqu~r sto Indians. I have had occasion to arrest a.nd confine two of the aborigines during this sulumer, in consequence of disorderly conduct oaiised by the use of 8,rdent spirits, bnt in each case I fonncl it impossible to elicit any iufor-mation that would tend to convict a white person. I therefore contented myself with confining the offencli~~Ua tes indhe city calaboose for tGeuty-four hours, ana dismissing thgm with areprimarid, after,exacting a promise to sin nd more. In concluding this brief chronicle of affairs, I desire to return my thanks to the office.rs of the Department at Washington for their cour-tesy and promptness in noticing my requests and aiding my eft'orts as agent, and although my position is nut one of sufficient importance to attract the attention of the civilized world brtbe incidents or issues of its man:igt2mcnt, get 1 hare tried to feel :rs'tho~lgh I wen: the direeror of lno~uentot~inu th~eucea~n,d with tbe maxim in view thst '.whnt*orrer is worth duine at ~ 1 1 .s hould be dorle well." 1 havea ~ ~ s aclld m v enrreies to dispense justice h d to maintain peace hkween the white and>ed Fen in my district. Respectfully calling your attelltion to the accompanying ~tatemenot f , Dr. W. 8. Williams, regarding the sanikq condition of the Ute Indians |