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Show REPOBTS OF AffENT8 IN COJARADO; CONDUCT AND CRIMES. We regret to say that, om many occ~aiousdnringth o year, theoou$uet of theIndians to-wsrd one snothar has been of the worst kind; also that at time8 it has been had toward citi-zens, thoughnot o b o seriousiy so. With theinorease of drnnkenness'there has been a cor-responding increase of odme. There have been sir homicides this year, while during the year previous there were none. One W.8 that of s Meaieen, and the remainder were of Indiana, all of which were directly traceable to the use of whisky. In everginstance there was no evidence other than Indian, and though every proper means was emfiloyed to con-vict the murderers and the whisky-vendors through the Courts, the evidence, being contra-dictory or iusufficient,hns defeated the object. CWILIZATION-ORSTACLES TBWETO. The nature and habits of the Indians here are enoh as to render the nct'of oivilizine them nsnrg slow anrl feahle wnrk nndor the mosr fnvorsble eircot#brlnnepi. \Yilh the prrs&tour-rounding% a ~ ~ s owma n t , e v eifn a t ail prwticable, wili be ntu:nded with t l ~ aiu tnwst diEieulty. The mind of the Indian id ansep~tible 01' meral imoresoions. aud nor uofrenuaullv ibe br-comer convinced of his errors, &analeof* regret fo; tba arunga he ha* don;, and" sinrere daaira to por3uc n better courae lo lhu fizture; bot he ie soon carried awsg by tilt- tcnlpts riao to strnue clrink. Ile is brourbt almost dnilv in contact with unorioei~lcd while men. who are rea;dy to tear from his b;earrl any good"impresaioo he may Lave ieoeived, and to vitiate and inflame his whole being, and who, before all others, must he heid morally re-sponsible for the crimes committed by the Indians, and fortheir continuance in so low snd degraded condition. Remove the Indians to pcrmsnent and snitnble homes, where they may find pvofitehla employment on bhair own lauds, ~ n dun der the constant watch-csre of those whom you may appoint over the.m .. and yao wili. s t the same time, remove many obstacles to iheir aidilieiiion. ' Very respectfully, yoor obedient ser~ant. J. B. VOSRURGH, United Slates Indian Agent. Hon. E. P. S M ~ H , - Corn~nissiuncro f hd i an Affuirs, lf'aahingto., D. C. REPORTS OF AGENTS IN COLORADO. SPECIALU TE INDIAANG ERCY, D~ ~DcCIol,a .. September 1. 1876. SIR: This ~gegency being off the reservation, and having beeu established mainly for the purpose of eariug fur auch Ute Indians belonging to the confederstad tribes as are sliowed to visit Denver and the " hoffalo range," it will not, of courae, be expected that this report shall trentaf agficoltursl, educational, or missionary wmk. * I n my intercourse with the Indiane coming directly nnder my e h ~ ~ gaen,d especially as relates to the "Pi-ah," or Middle Park band, I hsve slwaye set forth the grest advsntages of their resewstions in strong; if not eloquent, lsogosp, sod bavenrged them toloes no time in aceeptio~ and profitin by the great privileges offered them by s benefioent Govern-ment; hut the attraction agorded them here in the way of bargains for their furs and skins, the glorious annual huffala-hunt, the nepbs ultra of excitement and profit to ail semi-oivii-ieed Indians, snd the attention paid to them while ]here by tourist., hare been hard to overcome. Ihove, however, by persistent effort, succeeded in inducing Pi-ah end B large portion of his band to remain at the Southern qeooy during the greater part of the past snmmer. sod I have iust received word from him that he is well satialied. At the same time he states tbat he WB; aboot goin to the Whits River sgeucy to visit Some relatioos. and that, witlr s few ohosen warriors. %e contemplated taking s L.little '' bntfR10-huntthis fsll. 'The1.e are now five lodges of Utes in this vicinity, who tell me that within the next maoth they expeot to be joined by delegations from the different hands for this pnrposo. In this connection I would respeetfi~lly renew the sllggestioo I have made for the past two years, (of whioh, by the way, no notice h a been taken.) that when these Indisnrr are nllowed to go to the buffalo =range, a competent and trustworthy peraon be sent with them by the agent, who sllall he directed to see that they do not io any way interfere with the rights of white settlers on their iaoroey, snd who shall also use every andesvor to prevent a collision be-tween them and the "plsios Indiane." Since the attack by the Siuux last winter upon a Ute camp on the Republiesn,and the retsliation by the latter, iu which they esptnred aome three hundred of the Sioux horaes, the plains tribas have constantly kept smuts in the Buffalo country looking out fin Ute hunting-parties. The Utes will go to that region in strong force hnd *,,;~phly repsred for s tight, if they go at all; and a. the.Sioux,Cheg- .enmen, and Arapaho&, (~oTt!ern and 'Southern,) Kiowas, and Comanohes roam omr thst country at their awn sweet will in large numbers, it is probable thst, unless grest precsu- |