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Show RE:PORT8 OF AGIEN'lY IN COLORADO. tiana are talicn by the serersl sgPntr, a bloody batrh: between these life-long enemies will take place on the Kepublicnu $Ilia uittrer. My roawos for urgin that tteeesssry and timely prceauti<tos be. tak, n tu prevent surL s conflict sw, fin,, that 1 feliave I em aaatainine the policy of the Deparlmew , vilirh io, to disconrap* tnia hnreditsry enmity between the tribcr ; and ~ e ~ o n d l y1 .! &kc info rooaidrnric>ot he fart that, i s rasp tho 1'tes ern mcwasful. the lo-disugwhd stlffcr areapt, insulo~rqnrntr nids, ro wreak their se?lKt,soeoupoo wLitomon mther than return to their homer empty-handed. The pe~sibilixyo f n n v ~ u r iel! #rosnteru8 I have ~redirled.# r of innaa.+.tlt ririacns ruff,,risg Because the peurrful'Clr* ltapp~uto be better rric~rat han t l , ~tra rlAc Sioux, mlpltr he prrrpntvd by keeping all Indirns ewny lrom that 'T; hat,as it hernlr, to he pernlissible, under erie~iug repi~lnlior,s. I'Lr portiona oi all .s I have i>nmc.d to vibil the grcRl bllffalu renp periodcslly, nud as they 011 r4ooss some tinre fdr such nnaets. 1 uttor. for wur eonridr.rati.,u, llle ainlnlest a d surert cur tile evil ipprd>enderl. I wollltl supiesr t l l~t1.3 3 CBIe i(8lnould L(pI)(.ar~ ~ V P R S R I Y a r e the onler ws t r i r t i~~lopd isnr to their rusrrvntions,thc Iltes, or s fair proponion of .I. br ereepted from anrb onl,,r. fur the rvseens that t l ~ e y 8 1~ ~P ~ C P H ~ ~wHellR dOl~~p oerd nard 110,. \rhlt*s, and es~~aeislhlp~ rsune,iur ompsrilon to their nnnjbelr, they srs morn onr!y provided for ill tbr rnatlpr of suheisteum toan aup trlhe on rlo*: e a n t i n * ~ ~an~d: this ~l8nue.l buffslo.buo1 tbmishra s meuoa 01' anonor, 18) them wirhont u lhirlt tlav would 8uff.r. ,Perheps,io this eoouection, I may be dloweh'to state that the annual apprap;intioo far pro- . visions for the Utes, distributed upon the bsais of tho Army ration, and cout~tiog the seven tribe8 at five thousand. would 8uhai.t them a little over half a montlt.or. fieuriac it ficlg. 5.lll.0 rations, as 31, re,,,;, are $),6hi; $"5,tlO(@d,i vided 11.v? I , ~ o u =lt i).th; ~lulcbber ofdnyv tho spprupristi..u ronld .ast. Pcrmirrinp tbpw tipures tu 1a.k for me nnJ for rbo Vter.snd olrrelv eail~nza llcnllnn to the fnet tllnt fur about tile enme numher of Indians in tioh iod:a~,l zt;tnry (rr6rl a,f nhnm ern on 1l.n war-iln~hl aif tbeu tame) SR:IU.(UO a p pruprinrrcl. end tbet sb< el lI,.Ul4l Siotrr receive for like purporcr s mt lion and a half dol-lars annotallv. 1 make 11.) funher eomnwttt ~ai>. r r ingitohe xauitary r~llditinllo f the Ute& I reepertfully rmew nly 0n.n prated roeam-mendation for the empluynt~x~RrL It.,> agent oi n nq>etrnt ~ ~ IB~ . ~<tlu: IrlHngI IX U V ~ti me sa tho lnrdiso~ ~ilowed18 ) l i s i r Tknrrr. s t r ikh nlc. !hat iu 110 u~iwrit em of exopndi. ture can tbe Department do more goo1 towsrd this people than by furnishing proper mkdicsl attendance to the siok-sad nearly all of them suffer trom syphilis, rheumatism, and pneu-mania, the latter dislease being &lmost invariably fatal, unless prompt and skilled attention is given. Althoogh I have repeatedly sod persistently arged npou the Dcpal.tment the ne-eeasity. of having a physician here, there seems to be a settled objeetioo to incurring the ex-pense (twelve hundred dollars s year) ohieEy beoause provirion is made in this respect for the Utes st their regular agenciea on the reservstion. The argument woold be s goad one provided said agencies were easily aeoesaible Aam hem, or provided the Indiana were m-psllcd to remain st or near the spendes ; but while hoodreds of them come h re every gear with governmeotal panetion, snd bringing written permits from the .gents, nutaa the nearest sgerxy is 180 miles from Deuver, oTer two high monlntxin mges.1 do not exactly see the iustica or tho wisdom of withboldiop medirsl oars lhat eau so sdr eot swus ly and chea.pl y ~ be administered. The practice of piviogwhiaky snd other liqoors t i Indians h ~ sstil l prevailed here,not-withstanding the sexre penalties imposed by law, and in spite of all tlie precaution8 I have taken to prevent it. Biuce my laat report three oases of this nature have occurred in Denver to my knowledge, and two wrests bsm been made ; ooe of the parties accused (J. M. Chavez) waa duly convicted and sentenced to fino &nd imprisonment in the penitentiary. J. X. Cbsves, arrested on same charge,wan scquitted, tue proaeootion not being able ta estsblish the faot that liquor was given. The third case is that of Jo. Vay, refet.red to in sbout n damn letters from this o5c.e as having ooeurred May 17,1875, and to which I wsa sn eyewitners. Mr. Vsy,for somannaewuntable reasoe,still rematns at ier e Beyond this disposition of a few of the Sontliern Utes, Muaohes and Cspotes, to induygi their appetite for spirituous liquor. I csn find nothing in the general conduct of the Indians viliting this plane that calls tor condemnation; and ss regards the White River Pi.&, s t ~ dT abequache bands, they are singularly free from this vice. I t is perhaps proper that I'ahould, in this report,allude to the killio by un Indian of O. P. Marksberry, wbich aecuned near Flutiasant, Ei Paso Caaoty, in Anuary last. It is not hecesssry, however, that I should lengthen this wmmuoicstian by detsiln of the causes which led to the killigg, tho oirr.umstnnees sttending tho capture of the Indian, his ioear-oaration hers, his easmioation and discharge. These matters have been fully represented to you tbrough my official letters. The occuneoee was an exceedingly unfortuuste one; and had it not been that I was entirely without sutbority (this agency having been tempo-rarily diseaatinned) at the time, I c.o.ould have settled the sffsir slniesbly and prevsuted his death. Ae it was, I kept the people, his neighbors, from making any sttempt at retalistion bv mv oersonal efforts and influence. and oerseadeil them to let the law take its course. The laits olioited upon the exnmioatioo wire such as Oo .peraoade me that, h d the case come to trial, the verdict would have been justifiable homicide. My management of the sffnir between thqUtea and Sioux, n.Lieh oceorred on the Repub-lican Riser, nbout December 1 , 1874, wherein the U l a ~ua ptured nearly 300 horses from their |
