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Show Frequent ~pplioationsa re made to me for the trestment of such complaints as rheumatism, pneumonia, dyacntery, snd,occasioosll~,sypbili~ The 6rst two are common among the Utes, snd pnet~mania~~spaeialwlyit,h out prompt and persistent treatment, roves almost invariably fatal. Wherever I have noticed s case of the last-named loatgsome diseme amon8 them, it hns been of snch s nstore as to baffle oompletely the treatment of their own medicine-men, and nothiug but the attention of s skilled physician has sfforded relief. The expense attending the eo~plogmant of such B physieian'at this post is 60 slight, nnd tiis nmaunt of suffering he ~ o n l da llay so great, that it seems to me the Department should not hesitate to make this provision. The subjects of, ngrioulture, ednestioo, missionary work, Indisn indoslv, &e., upon which information is asked through office oircular dated August 7, 1614, cannot be ststisti-oally considered in this report, for the reason that no effort is, or ever has been, made at this agency by the Bureau to educate, christianiee, or stimulate to industry the band of Indiana of whieh I have the honor to be in charge. The disposition of the Utes remains, so far as I can learn, perfectly peaceable; end while they do not manifest the least desire to adapt, themselves to the pursuit of any of those peaceful industries by which a majority of our white population obtain a liveiihoad, they sre fortunsteiv laekioe in those fierce and oredstom instincts wilich eh&raoteri.e so many of I . I . i . 'i'h ey .fir.. x ~ s . , r n ~ (luyi et iu"drm..anor, rlsc,rnr io drc 33. rrrnari<~lJv fics from the vier of clnmkenuess, rvnrillbrirlg the oppolllll.iti(.s they IIHV+10 .>+fain liq110r; snd rlwv s30nm mnreored I., .;llarr n.i!h :heir wlnirn rwinl~h~rr sl ~ os r ' cu~nt c yo f <rilai wa<,a few ye& ago, their exclusive hunting-ground, pfoviJed the soperioi rats sllows them to travel back and forth between mountain and piem, sud take their just proportion of the game with which our forests and prairies abound. Dnriog my experience of five years among these Indians I have never heard of such a thing a4 one of them making m unpro-voked assault upon s white msn, nor ilna there been, to my knowledge, during titst time, a well-autllentieated inat~neew here any individual af the hand under my charge attempted to appropriate to his own use the property of another without the eonsent of the ripbtful owner. On the other hand, I have known the Indians to horahbed in thestreets of Denver of many articles of value to them, such ss huckskinr, hutfsio-robes, lsrints, and revolvers; and during the sst summar one instsuoeof assault upon an Iodian by awhite, with intent to commitmurder.%ssmmsto myknowlodge, theeircumstancsaofwl~ich have bsenmade koorn to you through my telegram of July 51, snd my official letters dated Aogust 13 and 26. This attack wau entirely unprovoked, and if the ruffian who did the shootinp had not,to his other nameraus failings, added that of being a miser~bis msrksmau,the telegraph lines would next day have heen burdened, and the newspapers would have teemed with dethila of "the latest Indian outrage on our borders,', as the Utos, like an other plucky people, vould no doubt have taken summary vengeance upon the elsyer oPdne of their number. (Cu-rsicau.ti, war-chief of the Munches, was the Irrdian shot st.) In this eonneetion I desire to publicly commend the action of Mr. W. D. Bums, of the Kenosha House, in dis-arming and chkstising the misereant, Taylor, hefore he had time to fire the third shot. If the latter had been allowed to oontinue his misoellsneous pistol-praotioe, he might accidentally have hit somebody. The dangerous practice of giving whisky to Indisns haa been cerried on to a limited extent here durina the ast spring and summer. I have the honor to inform you that I have succeeded in apprehesbenjinlr au individual who was engages in this nefarioos business, and I hope to secure his coovl'ctioioo. It is extremely difficult to procure the arrest of these per-sons, and almost impossible to convict them sfter indictment. They are extremely cautious in their management of the traffic, and the average Indian is loth to testify against the friend who furnishes him with the devil's dose. In order to induce information that will lead to the ~pprehensiou and conriotion af persons giving, selling, bartering, or eschangiog spirituous liquor or wine to Indians, I would suggest thst the agent be authorieed to oli'er a reasonable reward, to employ detect,\-es, if necessary, and to be instructed to seud for and compel attendance of Indian witnesses. In July last a portion of Pi-ah's band, who were hunting boffalo on the Republican, sur-prised snd killed three Sioux warriors near the Sand Hills, east of Fremont's Butte. They brought the scalps of the slain to Denver in great trinmph, and desired to be allowed to make a public display and indulge in s parade on the streets. This, of course, I could not ssnctian, yet I could not prevent their celebrating their vietory in their own way at tlleir esmp. They, consequently, held nightly dances near Denver doring an entire week, and until rsports reached me that many white persons were io the hahjt of visiting the pow-wows, and elaudestinelsgiving the Utes whisky, to makk them "sing louder." I at once eummoned PI-ah to m office and informing him thst I thought his followers had suffioiently recuperated after the &.rdships and dangers of their eampaign sgsinst the Sioux, I ordered him to bred camp forthwith and start for the mountains. The next morning, at 9 o'clook, I found thst he had obeyed my order. In view of the fact that repeated acts of murder by the Utes upon their plains enemies, the Sioux, Arapahoes, Cheyennes, and Kiowes, have oecurred dnring the peat four years, and have invariably been followed by reprisals on the part of the latter, in some of whieh white citizens have suffered, I would suggest that, hers sfter, whenever the Utes are permitted to visit the buffalo-range, s.oompetent and trustworthy |