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Show '98 INFORMATION, HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL, 111 the report of Special Commissioners Lang and Smith, published in my last annual report, it was recommended that the 8'Kokomish reservation be enlarged, and that the Indians on the Nisqually, Puy-allup, Ohehalis, Squaxin, and Muckleshoot reservations be removed thither, and that those reserves be returned to the public (lomain. There ought to be no hesitation in nrovidiug the means for such con-solidatio; especiallyas it only requires an a&ance by the Government, which will be readily reimbursed by the sale of the relinquished lands. UKIALIES. Thistribe of 200 Indians are riinning at large in the vicinity of Okiali, Mendmino County, Gal., and should be gathered on the Round Valley reservation. UKIES. They number 195, and have already been referred to under the head .of Potter Valley Indians. UMATILLAS. Of these 169 are on a reservation of that name in Oregon, and have already been spoken of in connection with the Cayuses. Others are undoubtedly still vagabonds on Columbia River. Their number is not ascertained. UTES. Tl~oughh ol~l i l~a g1 1eredit:lrs fiieudship fbr the !\.hit(. pn11)le : I I I ~ ac- I<no\vledgil~gth e soprcrnncy of the Gover~~meuntn,1 1 fbr the ~uotitp art included under agencies and receiving Government rations to n creatcr or less extent, no-tribe in the countryis more averse to manual lgbor or has yielded less to civilizing influences, partly because of the abundance of game and partly because of their remoteness from settlements. Out of the 2,900 on the Ute reservation in Uolorado, under the White River and Los Pinosagencies, only nineteen families hare made any at-tempt at farming, thongh they fully realize that st no distant day the hunt must be entirely abandoned. For this reason they are much dissatisfied with the lines laid down in the treaty of 1873, by which they claim they are to be deprived of a large area of farming-lands. This, they insist, is contrarv to their intention and exnress declaration at the time of the treaty. he Los Pinos agency isin process of removal from its location on Grand River, outside the reserve, to the Los Pin08 River. Greater interest is beiu.a, shown in the day-schools, one a t each agcucg, whirl^ h;~ve enn,lle(l 61 pupils. This "13 doa~ble tho uumbel. reported last gcnr, and, tllo~lgh the nttendnnce hati bee11 irregular, is an encouraeiua inclicatio~~.L areo berds ot' al~e-er)a, nd e-o ats aro kept for food, b;t l;b use is made of tGe wool. The 575 Utes who report at the Uintah agency, in Utah, for rations, hare, during the I:IUI fbo~r~earlus ,a dea real beginniug ill agl<coltnre,and 80 families l~nvesl unll tiel(ls which jirld ;about :bwe.eighths of their sub-siatence; but tho I~onstt illoccupies much of tlleir t11011ghta nd time, and often to the neglect of gardens, eren after much labor has been expended iu their prcparatioo and planting. Twenty-five boys attend scbool. The Utes at the Abiqniui and Oimarron agencies in New Mexipo, nnlnberi~icre sr>ectivelv 909 and 350. belonein Colorado. Their aeencles b e i ~ ~logci iud ;n 1;111(I.&rnutas.r e m'ere1.v ~e e~l i~~gs t a t iaonnds e, i n excr. eise no ruutrolling or ctirili~iugi nflueu~arw, liilc their ~ngabundl ive$, iu |