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Show and gravel bed, with a broad, sand-flat OII one side and a sand-hill on the ocher, and no riue of water of ang considerable amouut but \rill break the coustruction or force a new cl~annel at the side or end, and thus I am of the conviction that the hope of gaining m ~ c hag riculture upon this reservation is exhausted, the results of the past season a criterion. I therefore recokmend that any surplus means tbat can be spared from the appropriation, over aud abore tile actual need of providing for the sick and destitute, and snch clothing as is needed for the Indians, be expended in stock and placed up011 the reserration, either issued directly to the Indians. or through some ijrowr oerson held in trust for incren'e f'or tl~eru. I i r n satixti;;~ that l~;.itliw d~lclb e taken as well as meat iuterest Ly tho Indians to iaer.t.;ise their numbers, and thus 1x0- iide aeaiust, aui future want. I am satisfied that if a s k i a l anoro6ria-tion 07 $5,000 bere made for this specific object it n'ould a&mplish more than double the amount in the manner ot' the ~ a s t . The reservation is notoriously sickly for sntne r ~ ~ o i tihns t he summer, R I I t~il e time n.bcn iirnling i s loost nre~ledt he n.servritiou is 11Tost aban-do~ rnlt,h e Indiaus -eo i~-tr rr o the I I I O U I I ~ ~ I I IuSu d r e t u r ~-~ iui ~th~ec C lll for fishink The Pah-Utes are the same in spirit aud action upon each reservation, and what has been written of the one applies as well to the other. In conclusiou, I would again advise relative to the necessity of increased appropriations. With the present prices of supplies, together with the rates of exchange, (as for everything de must pay in United States coin upon this coast,) the sum of $15,000 for the State of Nevada is meager indeed to carry on the Indian service, and but little of per-manent improvement cau be expected to the nlasses of the Indians ; but a just policy, including needful appropriations, will rapidly advance them toward self-supporting civilizatioo. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C..A. BATEMAN, Untted 8tates Indian Agent, Nmada. Hon. H. R. C~mr, Acting Con&n&issioneorf Indian Affa.irs. No. 106. SAINT GEORGE, UTAH TERRITORT, October 3, 1871. SIR: I11 obedience to instructions dated August 6,1871, I proceeded . to Piocho, Nevada, and entered upon the discharge of my duties as special agent for the Pi-Ute Indians of Southeasteru Scrada and South-western Utah Territory. The former agent, Captain Fenton, Cnited States Army, left no books, papers, or record of any kind or description to guide or assist me in reference to the management of affairs at this ageucy. My former expe-rience as Indian agent in Idaho Territoq-, was of great benefit, and materiallya,ssisted me )in the management of the Indians, who have been neglected at this agency, and most shamefully neglected by their former agent, who was profuse in promises, and whom they considered authorized to govern t,hem, until they lost all confidence in the white mao, having never received any clothing or subsistence, save in prom- 3GCIA |
